Re: Desktop environment and VNC
On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 07:49:08 -0400
Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:57:36AM +0200, Julius Hamilton wrote:
> > There are many VNC servers that can be installed from apt, but you also
> > need a desktop environment, which can be installed from tasksel.
> >
> > I see in tasksel that I already have Debian Desktop Environment and GNOME
> > installed.
> >
> > I am pretty sure my VNC server is running and fine as it is except a DE is
> > not running so that’s why I can’t connect.
> >
> > Is it enough to launch the DE, open a new screen with Screen, then launch
> > the VNC?
>
> There are two kinds of VNC servers.
>
> The first kind runs a VNC session which is totally independent of what's
> running on the physical display (if anything).
>
> The second kind runs inside an existing X11 session, and replicates that
> X11 session as a VNC session. I only know of *one* VNC server which does
> this, and its name is "x11vnc".
IIUC, TigerVNC can do this as well:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/tigervnc-xorg-extension
Getting it to work properly, though, may not be trivial.
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Celejar
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