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 this file in the home directory of the user you want to run vnc on:

.vnc/xstartup

and make sure it has these two lines uncommented, per the note there:

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