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Attempting to set up TIGHTVNC Server on Debian Bookworm running KDE

I am attempting to connect to my Debian Bookworm machine using TIGHTVNC on a Windows 7 machine. When I connect to the machine I get a gray screen. I downloaded Krfb, but it gives me an error when I ...
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glxinfo gives odd error on ubuntu noble container

I'm trying to create a ubuntu noble container (it has to be ubuntu noble due to another software's compatibility constraints) with a gui capable of running Gazebo, a robot simulation. For Gazebo, I ...
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Failed to start tigervnc on start ubuntu jammy

For some reason, I can't for the life of me cannot start vncserver to start at boot. I'm using this guide and as per the link, here's my constructed systemd file for it [Unit] Description=Start ...
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VNC screensaver & locker: missing XInput extensions

I use a vnc (tightvncserver) connection: Devuan/aarch64 and Armbian(Debian)/armfh (hosts) thru Win10/TigerVNC (client). Since the upgrade of the underlying base to Debian Bookworm, xscreensaver and ...
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how do I start gnome-session over VNC (server OS: debian bookworm)?

Using tightvncserver, how do I load gnome-session over a VNC session? tried editing ~/.vnc/xstartup with gnome-session & but the screen stays gray. What I tried: unset SESSION_MANAGER exec /etc/...
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keyboard/mouse not working in VMM thru VNC

i remotely connect to my Virtual Machine Manager thru VNC client (MobaXTerm) to TightVNC (on the Debian host) on Win10. however, when i spin up a vm, the guest does not respond to any keyboard or ...
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TightVnc server shows only a grey screen

I am trying to reach a TightVnc server on an Ubuntu machine with VNC Viewer from a Windows machine. TightVnc was already installed, so I started it with: vncserver :1 If I am connecting to it from a ...
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Error opening browser in VNC session: cannot open display: :1.0

Setup My goal is to use a web browser in a VNC session. I followed this page to install tightvncserver with xfce4. The session works fine, i.e. I am able to open all other GUI programs. I ran apt ...
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How to run VNC as a System Service on 64-bit Arm?

I'm following this guide to setup VNC server in my Ubuntu arm64 machine (specifically, armbian 64-bit). There's one problem I found with it so far. When I start the VNC server using vncserver :1 -...
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unable to connect socket: connection refused(10061)

I am trying to run kex --win -s in kali linux in order to get the GUI but I am getting an error message: Error: unable to connect socket: connection refused(10061) Can you help I have tried the ...
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How i can change the background in vnc

Is there a way to change the background in the vnc
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VNC 'resize remote session to local window' on Debian (Xtightvnc)

I currently trying to migrate from Centos7 to Debian10, but I'm blocked by a different default VNC behaviour. I'm using TigerVncViewer on my Windows and osx clients to connect to my server, and it has ...
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Why Xvnc and graphical session cannot co-exist?

According to TigerVNC, you cannot login a VNC session if the same user has already signed in a graphical session. You will not be able to start a Tigervnc server for a user who is already logged into ...
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Cannot connect to VNC using VNC viewer, KVM working (Ubuntu)

I brought a VPS today, loaded up xubuntu-desktop + tightvncviewer. set up everything, same as I did on a previous host (that worked fine). I can connect through the KVM on the new hosts website as ...
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How to access vnc over HTTP using SSH Tunnel?

I have an AWS Debian9 EC2 instance running, I have set up TightVNC and can access the server via a VNC client. I've allowed access to ports 5900, 5901, 22, 80 and 443 via the security groups in AWS. ...
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