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Is it possible to start a VNC server in Ubuntu in display 0 without using default VNC server Vino?

My intention is I don't want the notification in the machine running VNC server when one client is connected to the server.

Peter Mortensen
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I use x11vnc, for similar result: ssh remotehost ( export DISPLAY=:0; x11vnc -shared -forever -usepw -ncache 10)

you get the idea. hope it help.

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I think you should be able to do this with tightvnc. 

sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer

You have to start the server process in a shell (typically ssh) before you can connect with a client. You can also use any vnc client to connect, for instance I use a windows vnc client for this.

  • hi .. but i can't setup vncserver in display 0 suresh@suresh-desktop:/media/backup$ tightvncserver :0 Warning: suresh-desktop:0 is taken because of /tmp/.X0-lock Remove this file if there is no X server suresh-desktop:0 A VNC server is already running as :0 but no vino or vnc processes are running in background –  May 30 '09 at 18:52
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If the intent is not to receive notification, you can turn it off in vino. Go to System->Preferences->Remote Desktop. Choose the settings to turn it off. In the Advanced tab, there is an option to turn off the notification icons as well.

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Rfb will export the current display without needing to restart X etc. (It seems only krfb is available in recent ubuntus, so you'll need to install all sorts of kde libs - I guess the vanilla rfb isnt actively developed, shame.)

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If you really want the VNC server on display 0, and you don't want to use x11vnc or something similar to mirror another X server, you're going to have to shut down the X server that's running on display 0 (probably launched by gdm), or configure it to run on another display.

Samuel Edwin Ward
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