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I tried to enabled the default VNC server in openSUSE via YaST - Network Services - Remote Administration (VNC), but whenever I connected to the host via the OS X VNC Client JollyFastVNC, all I got was a black screen.
I double checked firewall and VNC server settings but everything seemed to be configured correctly. ...
Teleport is a great piece of software for everyone wanting to control multiple Macs with one mouse and one keyboard. After pairing the Macs and going to the edge of the screen with the cursor, the mouse now controls of the other Mac, as does the keyboard.
If you don't yet understand what exactly teleport ...
Yesterday I came up with an unusual reason for using VNC. I had to work with my notebook from a different location but the moment I saw the low battery status I realized that I had forgotten the power supply at home. If you run into this situation too some day, the fist ...
Ubuntu's default VNC server vino seems to have serious problems if you connect to it with visual effects enabled on the machine. At least with my configuration it only updates the remote host user interface once. Then the remote machine still reacts to clicks but I can't see the effect of the click.
One pragmatic ...
Sometimes a SSH shell is not enough and you want to control a remote host the graphical way via VNC. For security reasons such connections should only be established over an SSH tunnel, especially if you are connecting from outside your own LAN.
Luckily enough, there are at least two applications capable of doing so ...
In a previous post I described how to enable Screen Sharing on a Mac via ssh, today I will sum up the necessary steps to accomplish the same on a Linux running the vino VNC server, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in my case. Starting the VNC server If you have to adjust the configuration options ...
Problem: You are working on a OS X machine via ssh and run into a situation where a VNC display of the remote host would be helpful. The only problem is that it has Screen Sharing disabled.
Solution: Just use the following command on the terminal:
sudo sh -c "/bin/echo -n enabled > /Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd"
(I found this ...