x11VNC server on Ubuntu

[Christopher Rutter]

Chris,
Glad I could help.
-Chris

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> So funny, I wasn't running this in super user mode, thus why i was unable
> to get it working before.
>
> Sometimes we overlook the simplest things.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much, that worked!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Christopher Rutter <
>> christopherrutter-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 08:22:11AM -0400, Chris O'Connell wrote:
>>>> > Hi Everyone,
>>>> >
>>>> > I've been trying to connect to a computer running X11VNC server using
>>>> > TightVNC for the last few weeks.  I've tried a variety of methods
>>>> including
>>>> > using an SSH tunnel and connecting directly to the machine through
>>>> > TightVNC.
>>>> >
>>>> > I can connect without a problem UNLESS the GDM is at a state prompting
>>>> for
>>>> > the user name and password.
>>>> >
>>>> > Has anyone had any experience with this?  The documentation I've been
>>>> able
>>>> > to find does not seem to work unless someone has logged into the GUI
>>>> first.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Try this via SSH:
>>> sudo x11vnc -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -display :0
>>>
>>> Then run TightVNC to connect.
>>> -Chris
>>>
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