This tutorial described you to how to install and configure VNC server on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux system. It is a client/server application that allows you to interact with graphical applications on remote machines. TigerVNC is a free, open-source and high-performance VNC server used to control or access Linux based desktop systems remotely. There are many software available to access Linux based desktop remotely including, TigerVNC, TightVNC, Vino, vnc4server and many more. X-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &Īnd just to be sure, we’ll make it executable sudo chmod +x ~/.VNC stands for “Virtual Network Computing” is the set of protocols for sharing desktop systems remotely. The configuration of this file is generally not too complex, I have had some problem in running the window manager but in this end this version was the right one for me: #!/bin/sh vnc: we can backup the xstartup file (into something like xstartup.bak) and we can edit it with our preferred editor: jed ~/.vnc/xstartup Now, before we go on, we have to kill the running server instance: vncserver -kill :1Īnd we can proceed configuring the server the configuration files are in the user sub-directory. This will optionally let us also add a “view-only” password (sessions in which the VNC Client cannot interact with mouse or keyboard). Once installed we can run vncserver to setup a password: vncserver We’ll then install the tightvnc server: sudo apt-get install tightvnc For my Odroid U3 I wanted a default startup into a console login session to have the maximum amount of resources available but I also wanted a VNC Server configured so that I can start (and stop) a graphical session whenever I want.Īs usual, the first thing to do (not strictly necessary but it’s always a good idea) is to update the packages to the most recent versions: sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade
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