Comments on: [Linux] Setting Up a Debian VNC Server (via SSH tunnel)

By: how to remote desktop access to Debian 6.0 from windows xp

how to remote desktop access to Debian 6.0 from windows xp — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:16:34 +0000

[...] http://news.metaparadigma.de/linux-s…nc-server-237/ You probably don't need to install Gnome, so you can skip step 4. [...]

By: Mridul

Mridul — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:25:50 +0000

Thanks to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/vnc4server-on-ubuntu-458240/ for the above tip …

By: Mridul

Mridul — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:24:39 +0000

If you are seing gray window, then wse the following in the xstartup file instead of the one mentioned above..

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#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
#Comment out the next 2 lines if you see a grey screen when
#logging in via VNC
##[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
##xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80×24+10+10 -ls -title “$VNCDESKTOP Desktop” &
gnome-session &
—-

By: jingren

jingren — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:06:30 +0000

hello, i followed all the instruction as stated above.
but i got a grey screen in my ultra vnc…
i been google for several hours but i still can’t find a solution…
hope u can help me out ><

By: Steen

Steen — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:40:09 +0000

If it happens your keyboard is all jumbled up, go to ssh and invoke the following command.
“gconftool –set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts –type List –list-type String [aa]”
Restart tightvncserver and it should work perfectly ;)