VNC :0 - anyone got this working?

Hi all,

Has anyone got VNC to run on :0 so that I can see the currently on-line user working?
The standard vncserver distribution works great for :1 and above but I cannot get it working with :0.
I need VNC as I have windows clients that need to see the AA1 desktop/consol.
I looked briefly at x0vncserver but cannot get it to run.

Anyone know of anything that will help?

Rich

 

I installed it but sadly failed as well, I assume it's an incompatibility.

 

My hopes at the moment are with x0vncserver. But, as a relative noob I cannot figure out how to download/install. If anyone reading this facies taking 10 mins and seeing if it works on theirs and then letting me know I would be etternally grateful!

R

 

Hi,

I've VNC working on :0, so I can see everything on the Aspire One desktop from my VNC Viewer. I followed the instructions in this post:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost. ... ostcount=2

All I had to do was install the VNC Server from yum, create a password from vncpasswd, then edit my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to be:

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "DontZap" "yes"
	Option "DontVTSwitch" "yes"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics Mouse" "AlwaysCore"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# vnc input devices
InputDevice "vncMouse" "ExtraPointer"
InputDevice "vncKeyboard" "ExtraKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "gb,us(euro)"
        Option      "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier "Synaptics Mouse"
        Driver     "synaptics"
        Option     "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option     "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	   "LeftEdge"  "1700"
  	Option	"RightEdge"     "5300"
  	Option	"TopEdge"       "1700"
  	Option	"BottomEdge"    "4200"
  	Option	"FingerLow"	"25"
  	Option	"FingerHigh"	"30"
  	Option	"MaxTapTime"	"180"
  	Option	"MaxTapMove"	"220"
  	Option	"VertScrollDelta" "100"
  	Option	"MinSpeed"	"0.09"
  	Option	"MaxSpeed"	"0.18"
  	Option	"AccelFactor"	"0.0015"
  	Option	"SHMConfig"	"on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier  "Monitor0"
	Modeline  "1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 -HSync +VSync
#	Option	"Above"	"Monitor1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "intel"
#	Option      "monitor-LVDS" "Monitor0"
#	Option	    "monitor-VGA" "Monitor1"
	Option	    "Clone" "true"
	Option	"MonitorLayout"	"LVDS,VGA"
	BusID	"PCI:0:2:0"
#	Screen	0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor	    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480"
         Virtual 1024 768
	EndSubSection
# vnc options - it is a shame that $HOME doesn't work here
Option "usevnc"
Option "rfbport" "5900"
Option "dontdisconnect"
Option "rfbauth" "/home/user/.vnc/passwd"
Option "PasswordFile" "/home/user/.vnc/passwd"
Option "useraccept" "off"
EndSection

# vnc keyboard
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "vncKeyboard"
Driver "rfbkeyb"
EndSection

# vnc mouse
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "vncMouse"
Driver "rfbmouse"
EndSection

# load vnc module
Section "Module"
Load "vnc"
EndSection 

.... and after a reboot everything was OK!

Hope this helps someone,


Paul

 

Paul,

Will try next week when I get my hands on the laptop again. If this works I shall kiss your cherry lips and dance till I'm silly (in case anyone doesn't get comedy - this is basically a humerous way of saying I'll be delighted - I'm not realy into kissing stranger's lips etc etc - sorry Paul) - THANKS!!!

R

 

Paul,

Forgot to ask - does this auto-start with the machine (as it is linked to X)?
If not - do you know how to complete this step also?

R

 

Hey mate, glad you're happy!

If I remember correctly, there are no further config steps necessary - it will auto-start. I think this is because the VNC server is loaded as a module into the X11 stuff - so when the windowing system boots up, the VNC server is started up.

Let me know if this works or not - and don't forget to backup any files before you edit them!

Best wishes,


Paul

 

Hi, all was well for 12 hours and then I got a black screen with an X on startup. At the moment I can only presume the hacks on xorg.conf caused a problem. I've had to restore but will try again and see if it re-occurs.

Is there a way to set this config up but only start VNC via command line rather than auto-start? That way if it kills X I can still reboot

R

 

Hi Rich,

Sorry to hear about that... Did it happen just once or did you get the black screen everytime? BTW, do you have SSH installed so you do command line stuff remotely?

I did the following to get SSH installed:

Code:

sudo yum install  openssh openssh-server openssh-client
/etc/init.d/sshd start

and I uncommented the sshd line (no. 7) in /etc/rc.d/slim/nowait.sh

You can then use Putty or similar to login remotely.

Best regards,


Paul

 

Hi Paul,

Well, so far it appers only to have done it the once. After my rebuild it has been rock solid - so, not so sure what caused it. Hopefully just a glitch

R