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In computing, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.

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x11vnc, how to enable shift-key?

The shift key won't work through VNC to my Ubuntu server except for the characters ÅÄÖ. I'm using UTF-8 and sv_SE as locale. I find no options or settings that I can set nor do I find any information on google about people with similar problems.…
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Starting x11vnc remotely when X server is already running

I have a ubuntu linux machine that I have already logged into and X server is running (it is pass the login manager like gdm). I can access this machine through ssh. My goal is to start x11vnc on this machine and attach it to the X server that is…
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How to protect an OS X Server from an unauthorized physical connection?

I have an OS X 10.6 server, which I administer via SSH and VNC (via SSH tunnel). I can't leave it at the login window since then VNC connections are refused. Therefore I currently leave it logged with my user account. Since it doesn't have a…
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KVM switch with VNC server

Does anyone know of a KVM switch that is also a VNC (or other protocol like it) server?
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Reducing Latency Between US and India/South Asia or Desktop Access on CentOS 7+ GNOME

We have a server in US DC that is getting accessed from US and India, S Asia and SE Asia. With 128GB RAM, CPU and Cent OS 7 + GNOME desktop and it runs VNC server - the server gets access through VNC viewer or Guacamole-on-vnc. We tried Nomachine…
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Use telnet to check that VNC port is open

I am supposed to connect to a Mac VNC/ARD server. Let's say that the Mac VNC server has the hypothetical IP address 8.8.8.8. I want to check if the Mac VNC server even listens to the default VNC port 5900. So I ran: telnet 8.8.8.8 5900 This times…
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fast VNC server on Linux

How can I make my VNC server on a Linux machine fast as possible (without trading off security) (and connecting to an already running X session)? I'm running a VNC server (x11vnc) on my Ubuntu and I occasionally connect to it from another Ubuntu…
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Change VNC listen address in Libvirt without restarting VM

Is there a way to to edit the listen address of a Libvirt-Machine on the fly? At the moment it seems like when I want to edit the listen address, I have to shut down the corresponding VM first, then edit the xml and redefine the domain. I'm…
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Linux: How to Press Sysreq Key in VNC/Vsphere Client?

I'm using a Vsphere client on Windows XP over a VNC link (Vinagre) from an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop running WindowMaker. It all works pretty well, but I can't find any way to press the Magic SysReq key (used to reset Linux hard). Neither Vinagre nor…
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connecting to OS X remote management VNC from Linux or Windows

OSX box has remote management enabled (AppleVNCServer) and port 5900 open. Using tightvnc/ultravnc/realvnc can't connect because of "security protocol mismatch" (don't have the exact phrase). Googling yields only to posts that say "use OSXVnc" or…
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How can I monitor VNC via Nagios?

I have a number of remote sites which have VNC running on a few computers for support purposes. They are (obviously) only available on our internal network. I am using Nagios to keep track of all the systems in the network and I want to have it…
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VNC Performance

Is it normal for VNC performance to be really slow? In our small network, windows remote desktop works seamlessly, but when using VNC to connect to some ubuntu machines I can barely work even on 640x480!
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Windows remote desktop

I want to login into a Windows server with remote desktop but I want to do that in a way that the user view what I'm doing like do vnc server. How can I do? In default mode remote desktop disconnect the user and give the remote user full access to…
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Why does connecting to Snow Leopard from Vista using VNC hang every 5 mins or so?

There was a post discussing VNC hanging when connecting to OS X a few months back, but it was OS X 10.4, so I thought I'd see if someone has experience with our problem. We're trying to remotely connect to a Mac mini from Vista machines. The Mac is…
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x11vnc on Ubuntu 16.04 Gnome with systemd

I am having troubles to start x11vnc service on Ubuntu server 16.04 Gnome. It used to work just fine under 14.04. Not sure if related to x11vnc itself or the systemd. Here is the systemd service file : [Unit] Description=Start x11vnc at…
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