Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Alan Smith
I feel stupid, LOL. I was using a period instead of a dash: yum install x11vnc.auto instead of x11vnc-auto. I actually got it working the way I want it to. Thank you! -Alan PS  For further clarification as to why I wanted to do it this way...I have Teamviewer 8 (its an old version but we

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Fred Gleason
On Nov 13, 2018, at 10:19, Alan Smith wrote: > My goal is to actually have a system-wide availability to VNC, including the > root user. I understand the security risks involved in that. The plan is to > allow unrestricted local network access to vnc, but only allow vnc over SSH > from the

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Andy Higginson
Just to make the command line clearer x11vnc -repeat -noxdamage -passwd password -display :0 -forever -o %HOME/.x11vnc.log -bg On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:09:17 + Andy Higginson wrote For me, I create an entry in Session and Startup which can be found under the Settings menu.  You go

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Andy Higginson
For me, I create an entry in Session and Startup which can be found under the Settings menu.  You go to the Application Autostart tab and press the + sign.  You then give it a name and description (which for me is X11VNCServer for both) and in the command box put the following (where password

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread drew Roberts
Alan, if I understand correctly, x11vnc is not for that. You might want to look at tight vnc or another. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:19 AM Alan Smith wrote: > Greetings All. I am setting up my first CentOS 7 based Rivendell system. > I noticed it already has x11vnc installed (I used the

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Alan Smith
Greetings All.  I am setting up my first CentOS 7 based Rivendell system.  I noticed it already has x11vnc installed (I used the instructions on Paravel's site to get a working system). I would like to get VNC running on boot.  I have tried the command below from Fred (yum install

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-09-07 Thread Fred Gleason
On Sep 6, 2018, at 20:21, David Klann wrote: > This enables VNC on display 0 (the primary X/wayland display), and any > VNC client can then connect. Unlike Fred's systemd technique, this > approach has the disadvantage of not working unless the user is logged in. Which, depending on the

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-09-06 Thread David Klann
I "third" the use of x11vnc. I install it on all my client machines, along with a VPN. Contrary to Fred's approach to a system-wide x11vnc (which is entirely appropriate), I install the attached "x11vnc.desktop" file in ${HOME}/.config/autostart of the auto-logged-in user ("rd" in the case of a

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-09-06 Thread Fred Gleason
On Sep 6, 2018, at 14:19, Patrick wrote: > Which VNC server is recommended for Rivendell on CentOS 7? It depends on the specific use case. For the common one of ‘share my primary display so I can see it remotely’, CentOS 7 does not have a ready-made solution, so I’ve written a SystemD service

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-09-06 Thread Cowboy
On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 11:19:57 -0700 Patrick wrote: > Which VNC server is recommended for Rivendell on CentOS 7? > Thank you. CentOS has a built-in, you may have to install it. Not real straight forward, that. I'm using x11vnc for a variety of reasons. CentOS uses TigerVNC, but it has some

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-09-06 Thread Geoff Barkman
Hi Patrick If you have troubles with VNC... there is always teamviewer? Many thanks Geoff Barkman On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:20 AM Patrick wrote: > Which VNC server is recommended for Rivendell on CentOS 7? > > Thank you. > > — > Patrick > patr...@scnv.net > > > > >

[RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-09-06 Thread Patrick
Which VNC server is recommended for Rivendell on CentOS 7? Thank you. — Patrick patr...@scnv.net ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev