Re: VNC into a Debian Machine

[cletusjenkins <cletusjenkins@zoho.com>]

---- On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:16:46 -0800 James Allsopp<jamesaallsopp@googlemail.com> wrote ---- 


 > Hello, 
 > I really want to be able to use VNC to be able to view the full Gnome  
 > desktop on my laptop. I've been able to view a grey screen and a  
 > terminal, using vnc4server and tigervnc or vinagre, but what I'd like to  
 > be able to do is just view a whole screen as if I was actually there. 
 >  
 > I'd like avoid xdmcp if possible, as it would be great to use it from  
 > anywhere, rather than just locally, 
 >  
 > Any suggestions, pointers to good tutorials welcome! 
 > Thanks 
 > James 

Have you tried installing the vino package? It seems to do exactly what you are wanting. It looks like when you start vncserver the .xsession file for it doesn't have a window manager setup to start or perhaps it has a really basic one like tab. I haven't used vncserver in a few years, so I forget how you define its equivalent of .xsession, sorry.