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February 5, 2009
Using VNC with Terminal Server Client on Ubuntu
The VNC client bundled with Ubuntu, Vinagre, works half the time. Fortunately, we can also VNC with the installed “Terminal Server Client”
The “VNC” option with the default installation of Terminal Server Client is disabled or grayed-out.
To enable it you need to install the xtightvncviewer package in Synaptic or with the following command on the terminal
sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer
Done!
UPDATE: To also enable the XDMCP protocol option, sudo apt-get install xnest
Posted by acuervo. Filed under Linux, terminal, Ubuntu.
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November 21st, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Hi!
I did as you said, and was able to connect to a desktop via TSclient -> VNC.
But things went haywire when I tried disconnecting…I clicked on the "Log Out" tab, and since then, have been unable to connect back to that desktop.
I can still connect to other desktops, it's just the one I logged out on that keeps troubling me.
Could you throw some light on this?
November 24th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Do you have physical access to the remote desktop?
May 19th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
sudo apt-get install xvnc4viewer xtightvncviewer
December 25th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Thanks, i use your command for VNC connection ad it works great! =)
February 23rd, 2011 at 4:50 am
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March 17th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Thanks a lot…really helpful.