I'll look into SSH w/ -X option. Thanks for the suggestion, <div>On 1/26/07, Dave Howorth <<a href="mailto:dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk">dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">N. Pauli wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan, Dick Dowdell wrote: >> I would like to use VNC to manage a remote Ubuntu 6.0 Server. I >> assume that I will need to install X11 as well as the VNC server. >> I'm new to Linux and could use guidance from anyone who has the >> requisite knowledge. >> >> Regards, Dick Dowdell >> > 'The Ubuntu Guide' <a href="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Edgy">http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Edgy</a> in section > 1.19.7 SSH Server gives a good rundown of all the commands that you > need to manage a remote server without having to install VNC. One thing that doesn't seem to be mentioned there is that you can use any graphical applications through ssh with the -X option. There's no need for VNC to run graphical applications. e.g. ssh -X some_server synaptic > I do understand what you say about being new to GNU/Linux but the ssh > route is the preferable way to go - and you may well find that it's > actually simpler than coping with VNC. Cheers, Dave -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Regards, Dick Dowdell 508-498-7919