Ubuntu Server: Need to Remote desktop

[Bud Roth]

Rob:

You don't have to have X running to use vnc4server.  It just needs to be
installed, so with xubuntu, I think you _should_ be good to go.  (I
haven't tried, so I'm speculating to some extent.)  

I would use an Ubuntu computer with the built-in VNC client to connect
to your server.  If that works, you can figure out what the problem is
with the Windows tightvnc client.  If the tightvnc clients are
incompatible, you'll have to either replace the client or the server.
Ubuntu includes tightvncserver too.  

You got some other good tips to work with too.  One additional idea.
Try:

ssh -X name_of_your_server_box.com

The -X command in ssh allows you to open a GUI program that is present
on your server on the client that is connecting to the server.  (You can
use a domain name or iP address for "name_of_your_server_box.com".)  I
find that ssh -X serves most of my needs best. 

Good luck,

Bud


On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 17:37 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Bud Roth <junk at taiotoshi.org>
>         wrote:
>                 Rob:
>                 
>                 On your server, you need to "sudo apt-get install
>                 openssh vnc4server".
>                 On your Linux client, ssh and vncviewer are standard
>                 parts of Ubuntu
>                 installs.
>                 
>                 Openssh is a Telnet-like command line terminal program
>                 that has security
>                 built-in.  It uses an encrypted session, unlike
>                 telnet, to send data
>                 back and forth.  That should be your command-line way
>                 to visit your
>                 server.
>                 
>                 Vnc-server provides a secure, GUI desktop based on the
>                 X server
>                 installed on your server (xubuntu) to remote clients
>                 that request a
>                 connection.  It eats up much less bandwidth than
>                 running a remote X
>                 session.
>                 
>                 Read up on both of them.  After you install, post your
>                 issues and
>                 someone will be able to solve them.
>         
>         
>         Thanks for your response.
>         
>         I did the following from my ubuntu server:
>         
>         vnc4server
>         
>         after running that command, it asked me for a password.
>         However, I cannot figure out what port it listens to nor how
>         to configure that. How can I configure the port for the server
>         to listen on?
>         
>         Also, I'm using TightVNC Viewer on my windows machine to
>         connect to my linux server. Is this okay too?
>         
>         Do I have to do anything additional on my server to get VNC
>         working? For example, do I have to start the xubuntu desktop
>         or something? Thanks for the help.
> 
> Aside from not being able to specify the port, I have a whole
> different issue. For some reason VNC doesn't seem to be using the X11
> windowing system, it's using some other default thing that has trouble
> rendering the title bars of all the windows (so I can't close windows
> or drag them). How can this be fixed? Thanks.
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