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Re: VNC / Vino / tightVNC question



On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 05:04:49PM -0700, Jeff wrote:
> Asuka Langley wrote:

> >Short: How can I connect 2 Debian Lenny PC with VNC? (Join to the server 
> >from mine).. both of them is 32bit, not amd64..ah..and ..the two Lenny 
> >have Gnome.
> >
> >ps.: Sorry for the long explanation .. I hope you can understand the 
> >meaning of the mail..
> >
> Just install vnc4server on the server(s) and xvnc4viewer on the 
> client(s).  When you try to connect, monitor /var/log/syslog to watch 
> for rejected or dropped packets and, if any are encountered, adjust 
> firewall accordingly.

Actually: not vnc[4]server: x11vnc (or the vino server, as mentioned
elsewhere), which attaches to an existing X11 display and serves it as a
VNC server.

VNC can also be tunneled nicely over ssh (using e.g. the -via option of
xvncviewer).

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