VNC

Using VNC to use a remote desktop in the HDA

Using VNC is useful if:

• You would like a Linux desktop to the HDA
• You would like to use a GUI to configure printer(s)
• You enjoy using the Linux desktop

What you need

• A server
• A client

Client

• For Windows
• For MAC
• For Linux, you have the vncviewer package, available in most, if not all distros

Server

To start the server in your HDA, you need the vnc-server rpm package:

yum -y install vnc-server

When that is installed, type this at the command line

 vncserver

The first time it runs it will ask for setting up a password. You can also specify a size, which I typically do a hair smaller than the desktop I plan to use it from. Example for 1280x1024:

 vncserver -geometry 1250x1000

More detailed instructions are available here.

Full Gnome Desktop

In order to run the full gnome desktop in vnc, you have to edit the file

.vnc/xstartup

and make sure it has this:

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