VNCServer¶

preliminary note¶

this information is taken from [[http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_6&p=x&f=2]]

Install¶

[root@dlp ~]#
yum -y install tigervnc-server

Config¶

[root@dlp ~]#
su - cent

1. switch to a user you'd like to config VNC

[cent@dlp ~]$
vncpasswd

1. set VNC password
2. input
3. confirm

Verify:

[cent@dlp ~]$
vncserver :1

1. start

xauth: creating new authority file /home/cent/.Xauthority
New 'dlp.server.world:1 (cent)' desktop is dlp.server.world:1
Creating default startup script /home/cent/.vnc/xstartup
Starting applications specified in /home/cent/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/cent/.vnc/dlp.server.world:1.log
[cent@dlp ~]$
vncserver -kill :1

1. stop

Killing Xvnc process ID 2187
[cent@dlp ~]$
vi /home/cent/.vnc/xstartup #
twm &

1. last line: make it comment
2. run Gnome with display number '1', screen resolution '800x600', color depth '24'

exec gnome-session &

[cent@dlp ~]$
vncserver :1 -geometry 800x600 -depth 24