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TightVNC is a free remote control software package.

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vncserver grey screen ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Greeting. I am on ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It is an amazon EC2 instance I got grey screen upon installing and starting the vncserver I try many suggestion regarding this issue but still cant get it work.... Thanks for the help My logfile: Xvnc Free…
Mookayama
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Couldn't start Xtightvnc trying default font path - VNCServer

I installed VNC, using sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver But I can't start it, when I enter vncserver I'm getting error message as Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path. Please set correct fontPath in the…
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VNC grey screen (Ubuntu 16.04, TightVNC, Xfce4)

I've been using VNC for many years but I don't know why this happens sometimes. With a new Ubuntu 16.04 machine, I first tried using Vino. It worked well, but I decided it is rather slow, so I decided to use TightVNC with the Xfce4 window manger.…
Chan Kim
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No VNC extension on display :1

On Ubuntu 18.04 I ran sudo apt-get install tightvncserver. I then run vncserver which gives New 'X' desktop is user:1 Starting applications specified in /etc/X11/Xvnc-session Log file is /home/user/.vnc/user:1.log as output. When I run more…
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Lubuntu 14.04 + TightVNC: remote mouse cursor is "X"

I am connecting from my Windows 7 machine to my Lubuntu 14.04 server using TightVNC. Everything is working as expected except the remote mouse cursor only displays as an "X". My ./vnc/xstartup file is configured as follows: #!/bin/sh xrdb…
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Assign VNC password using script

I am using a script to automatically set up a computer. I need to assign a password to the vnc server for the user, which is normally done using the vncserver command. However, it prompts for the user to enter and re-enter their password, neither of…
William
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How to configure VNC server to get full Gnome desktop?

I have a home server running Ubuntu Gnome 16.10. I installed the Desktop Environment to have a nicer way to configure my server, I chose Gnome because of it is lightweight enough and has the Google drive integration for backup (somewhat). I would…
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How can I stream my screen to other computers?

I am looking for something like the TightVnc Projector but cross-platform and free if possible. I have seen stuff like iTALC but it was hard to setup on Windows and long-winded for what I need. all I need to do is pass a command on start-up to…
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How to configure TightVNC server to get full Gnome desktop?

I am running tightvnc on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-1031-aws x86_64): $ vncserver :0 -geometry 1980x1080 New 'X' desktop is ip-172-31-14-62:0 Starting applications specified in /home/hc/.vnc/xstartup Log file is…
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Default Ubuntu Desktop with TightVnc and Windows Linux Subsystem

I have successfully installed WLS (ubuntu 18) on windows 10 machine. I want to access its UI features using TightVnc. With default settings the .vnc/xstartup contains the following lines xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid…
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RandR extension missing

When I try to run xrandr on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) with xfce 4.12 over VNC I get the error RandR extension missing I've tried installing libxrandr2 but it's already installed. When I run lxrandr I get the error: Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on…
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uninstalled tigervnc from ubuntu 20.04, now cannot start tightvnc

I have been trying to get any vnc setup to work for me.. that issue is posted elsewhere.. but one issue in particular now has come up.. I installed and removed tigervnc, but now tightvncserver complains it cannot startup... how do I create a new…
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tightvnc displays a gray screen on ubuntu 18.04 and gnome3

I've been struggling with the gray screen problem of tightvncserver on ubuntu 18.04 and gnome The problem is the same with both aws ec2 as well as my local machine. I've verified that xfcestartup4 works well with tightvnc Can somebody please…
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Ubuntu 18.04 tigervnc: Authentication is required to create a color profile

Trying to connect to tigervnc server running on Ubuntu 18.04 (using TigerVNC viewer windows client). After the initial authentication, I get an additional authentication prompt that reads "Authentication is required to create a color pr...". This…
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VNC server, how to show upper right panel?

I installed TightVNC Server version 1.3.10 in ubuntu 16.04. The configuration in xstartup file is as following. #!/bin/bash unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS gnome-panel & metacity & gnome-terminal & [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] &&…
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