VNC Server Question

[Scot L. Harris]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 16:42 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
> >You can also configure vnc to allow you to connect to the :0 display
> >(what you see on the main console).  For that you need to edit the
> >xorg.conf file.  That may or may not be what you want.
> 
> Scot:
> 
> How do you do that exactly?

I think I found the original info on the web.

But if I remember correctly you need to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf with
the following lines:

<     Load         "vnc"

The line above goes in the Module section.


<     Option "SecurityTypes" "VncAuth"
<     Option "UserPasswdVerifier" "VncAuth"
<     Option "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"

Put the three lines above in the Screen section.

I believe you need to run vncpasswd as root to setup the password that
will be used.

Then use vncviewer to connect to display 0 -   machinename:0

If you check the vnc web site I think they have the same info there.
Pretty easy to setup.