![]() ![]() ![]() If still no joy please contact the helpdesk. If this doesn't produce a second desktop in a window as just described, please enter: rm ~/.vnc/xstartup and try again. This second instance is running on the remote host .uk. If all is well, a window will appear on the console desktop which shows a second instance of your desktop. the configuration on the departmental networked Linux desktops) is intact (and assuming that you are physically present in the department) login at the console of a networked desktop, run a terminal and at the shell prompt enter: /alt/applic/vnc/vnccli. To check that the server configuration (i.e. Please re-read the comments at the beginning of the vnccli script (see below) and contact the helpdesk if stuck. If this produces something like "vncviewer: command not found" then either you have yet to install a vncviewer OR (likely if you are using a Mac) you have neglected to make the vncviewer available in your PATH. To find out (once you have installed a VNC viewer of course) run: vncviewer -version. It is sometimes useful to know the version of VNC you are running. Linux computers may well have a vncviewer installed already, if not we advise installing either TigerVNC or RealVNC Please see the comments at the beginning of the vnccli script (see below) for advice on how to install this. Mac OS X computers will have ssh installed already but will not have a vncviewer program: we advise installing TigerVNC. You will need the following software installed on the local Linux/Mac computer you are going to try this remote access method from: ssh, vncviewer. If it fails, you might want to attempt the second, manual set up method. The first is recommended as it uses a shell script which sets up the ssh tunnel for you. This can be achieved by either of the two methods described below. If you want a full graphical desktop login and/or if you have already tried ssh -X and it is "slow" From a Linux (or Mac) computer to one of our Linux computers using an ssh tunnel and VNC
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