I an also new to ubuntu, but in the past I have looked at VNC and found it a bit cumbersome. Since then I have started using the combination of freenx/nomachine, bothe available from <a href="http://www.nomachine.com">www.nomachine.com</a>. This is an excellent tool for managing multiple linux systems from a single desktop. It even has a client for windoze, though I have not got this working yet. Using the combination on ubuntu, FC4 and opensuse10 with no problems. Mike <div>On 1/23/06, Michael Kintzer <<a href="mailto:mkintzer@myrio.com">mkintzer@myrio.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I'm an ubuntu newbie transferring over from Fedora. I'd like to install x11vnc on my ubuntu deployments, but when I try to configure the source I get this error: configure: error: ========================================================================== A working X window system build environment is required to build x11vnc. Make sure any required X development packages are installed. If they are installed in non-standard locations, one can use the --x-includes=DIR and --x-libraries=DIR configure options or set the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables to indicate where the X window system header files and libraries may be found. ========================================================================== Could you point me to where the X development packages are normally installed on a typical ubuntu deployment? Many Thanks, -- Michael Kintzer -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>