{{NeedsUpdate}} The [[WebVNC]] application sets up a web page to access a Java applet for VNC connections. VNC is graphical remote control desktop software. VNC allows you to connect to a desktop on the the Amahi server from a remote computer (Windows or Linux)via a browser. You must have a desktop session open on your HDA to be able to open a WebVNC session.

* # Go to http://setup* # Select the Apps tab* # Select the Available option* # Click on WebVNC* # Click the install icon to install the WebVNC server package on your HDA

'''NoteNOTE:''' ''You must have a desktop session open'' on your HDA to be able to open a WebVNC session. If you have a headless HDA server, see below.

* 1. Log into the computer running the HDAas a normal user2. Launch a command line/terminal session (From the GNOME desktop, e.gselect Applications > System Tools > Terminal)3. Login as a normal super user:<br /> su -:password: ''enter root password''<br /><br />4. Change the permissions of /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to allow editing with the following command:<br />* Edit chmod 777 /etc/sysconfig/vncservers5. Open the file /etc/sysconfig/vncservers with your favorite a text editor. Add (Applications > Accessories > gedit Text Editor on the GNOME desktop) and add the following two lines to the bottom of the file:<br /> :: VNCSERVERS="10:''yourusername''":: VNCSERVERARGS[10]="-geometry 1024x768 -depth 16" :'''NOTE:''' ''yourusername'' is the desktop user you use to login to your HDA desktop. Make sure there is no # comment symbol # in front of your entries. This entry will create a 1024 x 768 desktop with 16M colors on your remote machine.<br /><br />You can set the desktop resolution to any value you want -- see below. You can also setup sessions for multiple users and computers. More detailed instructions are available [http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/configure-vnc-server-in-fedora/ here].<br /><br />6. Change the file permissions back:<br /> chmod 244 /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

* # Log into your desktop on the HDA computer running HDA, e.g. as a normal user* # Select SYSTEM menu, then System > Preferences, then Internet and Network, then > Remote Desktop* # Turn on the top two "sharing" options, turn off the "Ask for confirmation" option, but set a password below it, turn on "Configure Network automatically to accept connections."

<&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">&gt; <&lt;html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">>&gt;&gt; <&lt;head>&gt; <&lt;title>&gt;WebVNC Client<&lt;/title>&gt; <&lt;meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" />&gt; <&lt;meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />&gt; <&lt;head>&gt; <&lt;body style="font-size:8px;background-color:#000000;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-color:#007500;text-align:center;">&gt; <&lt;div style="position:relative;margin: 0 auto;width:800px;height:622px;">&gt; <&lt;applet code=VncViewer.class codebase=classes/ width="800" height="622">&gt; <&lt;param name=PORT value=5900>&gt; <&lt;param name="Open New Window" value="no">&gt; <&lt;/applet><&gt;&lt;br />&gt; <&lt;/div>&gt; <&lt;a href="http://hda/">&gt;Return to HDA Home<&lt;/a>&gt; <&lt;/body>&gt; <&lt;/html>&gt;

*A very basic issue -- : '''you must have a desktop session open''' on your HDA to be able to open a WebVNC session. * Make sure you have a password defined as above.

* Two typical scenarios pop up as problematic:# Make sure you have a password defined as above. # Ensure the confirmation checkbox is deactivated, unless you are sitting in front of the HDA itself. Otherwise it will just sit there indefinitely waiting for someone to click a button on the screen of the HDA.

:To delete: ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring:or backup: mv ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring.bak == Headless Servers == If your HDA server is headless, then WebVNC is not for you (because you will not have a desktop session running). Instead, install a VNC client on your remote computer and [[VNC|VNC Server]] on the HDA.  There is however a hack to allow you to run WebVNC from a headless server. This is rather complex, and will not allow you to boot with a monitor attached without changing files again.  You need to modify you xorg.conf to emulation a monitor.  cd /etc/X11/ nano xorg.conf:save it as xorg.conf.bak nano xorg.conf:replace everything with

or backup:save and close xorg.conf

mv ~nano /.gnome2boot/keyringsgrub/defaultgrub.conf:save it as grub.conf.keyring ~bak nano /.gnome2boot/keyringsgrub/defaultgrub.keyring.bakconf:add above title Fedora GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"

If your HDA server is headless, then WebVNC is not for you (because you will not have ever want to use a desktop session running). Insteadmonitor, install a VNC client on your remote computer and [[VNC|VNC Server]] on you just need to restore the HDA. bak files.