Recommended application to vnc from Windows to gentoo box??

cgmd

Hello...

Just wondering what my choices are for connecting with vnc through an ssh tunnel if the host is my gentoo box and the remote is my Windows pc at work? I've looked at x-win32... But it seems to be a pricey option!

Any recommendations??

Thanks...
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EneNL · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject:

I don't know if TightVNC supports VNC over SSH, but it sure is free.

thecooptoo · Veteran Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Posts: 1353 Location: UK

tight vnc on the windows client.#Putty on the windows client to establsih the SSH connection
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cgmd · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:

thecooptoo wrote:

tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

VNC sucks compared to NX.
emerge =nxserver-freenx-0.4.0 (it's masked!) on your server and create an NX user with:

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cgmd · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject:

HomerSimpson wrote:

cgmd · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:28 pm Post subject:

tuxmin wrote:

thecooptoo · Veteran Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Posts: 1353 Location: UK

start a vncserver on your linux box you want to get to . You will need to do this logged in as a user who has access to X
eg

cgmd · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject:

@thecooptoo:

I'm sorry, but I'm somewhat lost...

thecooptoo · Veteran Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Posts: 1353 Location: UK

Ive not done the whole thing from the remote end before but I think you now neeed to close this putty connection and set up a new tunnel when you re-open it
Your new 'virtual' desktop is no 3.

To connect to it you will need a tunnel that goes from your windowsPC:5900 to your linuxPC:5903

So in putty config it is
local port 5900
remote port 192.168.xx.xx:5903
in the tunnels setting , so configure and then save that config and then click on 'open', & log into your server
Start the windows VNC client pointing to localhost:5900 and
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cgmd · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:08 am Post subject:

@ thecooptoo:

Thank you for that explanation... I'll give it a try when I'm next at my remote, and I'll post the outcome.

I appreciate your help!

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tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

@cgmd: If you intent to work on a regular basis I urge you to give NX a try. It's performance compared to VNC is incredible, even with a low bandwidth connection. There are NX clients for nearly any platform and no need to fiddle around with ssh port forwarding -- all done automagically.
Besides, the nx-x11 binaries and libs are only a few MB in size. The size of the source package is misleading:

cgmd · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

@tuxmin:

OK... I'd like to try it out. Is there also a linux client available in portage for my gentoo laptop??

Also... A bit of a problem emerging the packages:

tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

Of course there is a client: emerge -v nxclient

Unfortunately I have no idea what causes your error. You should try freenx-0.2.8 which isn't masked. I installed 0.4 on seeveral machines without any problems... Sorry for the inconvenience...

Hth, Alex!!!
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cgmd · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

@tuxmin:

Same problem with the stable version. I'll use a new thread to try to resolve it...

Thanks...
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cgmd · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

@tuxmin:

Having resolved the nxserver install problem, I'm now at another stumbling block with connection by my clients both on linux and windows.

Linux first... connection appears to authenticate, but then fails with:

tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

OK,

Linux first

You did "/usr/NX/bin/nxserver --adduser user" and ""/usr/NX/bin/nxserver --passwd user", didn't you?
And there were no error messages?
You can get a list of registered users with "/usr/NX/bin/nxserver --listuser"

/usr/NX/bin/nxserver --help
gives you a list of command line options. Check for orphanded sessions that have to be removed manually.

Hth, Alex!!!
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cgmd · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

Yes, user setup seemed ok:

tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

OK, check this:

The content of /usr/NX/etc/users.id_dsa.pub and /home/cg/.ssh/authorized_key2
should be the same (or at least contained).

If this does not help I recommend opening a new thread about this. I'm running out of ideas

Regards, Alex!!!
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cgmd · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

@Alex...

You wrote:

cgmd · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject:

Alex...

Thank you for your patience.

Success!!

After regenerating all keys, I'm able to open and use the host desktop in my remote linux laptop!! It certainly looks to be worth the effort!

Windows pc still not connecting...

Thanks, again...
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tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

Nice, nice

I'll try to give you some help on the Windows client tomorrow. Right now I'm too challenged by my offsprings

cu

Alex!!!
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cgmd · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:37 am Post subject:

@Alex...

tuxmin · l33t Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg

Good news!

Depending on which WM you use the normal logout shouldn't leave any sessions behind.
Another way ist pressing ALT-F4. You should get a popup wich gives you to choice to either suspend or terminate your session.

Hth, Alex!!!
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