how do I access gnome/kde desktop from windows

[Michael Velez]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> drumil narayan
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:51 AM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: how do I access gnome/kde desktop from windows
> 
> thanks Daniel,
> the linux box is at very remote end and it will require 
> permissions for installation..
> Hence am looking for a xwindows based client to access 
> gui...for urgent need..
> 
> thanks..
> 
> 

If you are running redhat enterprise linux on the other side, the linux box
already has a vnc server installed.  No need to install a new one.  All you
need is to execute a few instructions as the vnc user and as the root user
to get it going.  If your linux machine is very remote, X will be very very
slow, even if you compress the data stream. I've tried it and it was
unusable.  With vnc, I have a great connection even if I'm in the US and my
linux server is in Europe.  If you do want to run X, I installed cygwin/X on
my windows machine.  Either way you go, you should port forward X or VNC
through ssh.

If you use VNC, on the windows side, you can install the ultravnc viewer.

I use the setup above (VNC server on linux and ultravnc viewer on windows)
and it works fine.

Below, I included the procedures I wrote for myself to get the vnc server on
linux going.  These work for me, but you may not have the same setup.

Michael

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EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING AS THE USER WHO WILL BE RUNNING A VNC SERVER INSTANCE
(i.e. the user you want to log into, not root)

- Choose a vnc password and create the configuration files by executing the
following command at the prompt:

$ vncserver
$ killall Xvnc

- Edit the ~/.vnc/xstartup file:

	- Uncomment the following lines:

	# unset SESSION_MANAGER
	# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

	to make them look like this:

	unset SESSION_MANAGER
	exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

	- Replace the last line in the file :

	twm &

	with this line:

	exec gnome-session &

EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING AS THE ROOT USER

- Edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file and replace the word myusername
with the linux user name who will be running a VNC instance:

	#VNCSERVERS="1:myusername"

	And make sure the VNCSERVERARGS line looks like this:

	VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x650 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd"

- Edit the /etc/init.d/vncserver file and replace this line:

	# chkconfig: - 91 35

	with this line:

	# chkconfig: 345 91 35

- Add the vncserver to the list of services to be started at boot time by
executing the following command while in the /etc/init.d directory:

	# chkconfig -del vncserver
	# chkconfig -add vncserver

- Verify the vncserver has been turned on for levels 3, 4, and 5 by
executing this command:

	# chkconfig -list vncserver

- The VNC server will now start at boot time; however, you can manually
start it immediately by executing the following command:

	# service vncserver restart