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For non-programming-related questions (e.g. errors connecting via VNC), consider asking at superuser.com instead. Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a desktop sharing system which uses the RFB protocol to remotely view and control another desktop.

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a desktop sharing system that uses the Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol to remotely view and control another desktop.

VNC is platform-independent and there are clients (viewers) and servers for many different operating systems. In addition, many virtualization hypervisors (such as KVM and Xen) have built-in VNC servers.

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Can you run GUI applications in a Linux Docker container?

How can you run GUI applications in a Linux Docker container? Are there any images that set up vncserver or something so that you can - for example - add an extra speedbump sandbox around say Firefox?
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Changing the resolution of a VNC session in linux

I use VNC to connect to a Linux workstation at work. At work I have a 20" monitor that runs at 1600x1200, while at home I use my laptop with its resolution of 1440x900. If I set the vncserver to run at 1440x900 I miss out on a lot of space on my…
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Trying to login to RDP using AS3

I am trying to login to RDP using AS3 (air). I am doing ok, considering the lack of resources out there to understand the actual process. I have gotten past the initial sending username, received a response from server, and I am now at initial…
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How To Set Up GUI On Amazon EC2 Ubuntu server

I'm using an amazon Ubuntu EC2 instance which is only has a command line interface. I want to setup UI for that server to access using remote desktop tools. Is there any way to apply GUI to the EC2 instance?
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Linux: Screen desktop video capture over network, and VNC framerate

Sorry for the wall of text - TL;DR: What is the framerate of VNC connection (in frames/sec) - or rather, who determines it: client or server? Any other suggestions for desktop screen capture - but "correctly timecoded"/ with unjittered framerate…
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VNC viewer with multiple monitors

I am running a VNC server on Linux and a TightVNC viewer (ver.1.3.10 from 2/10/2009) on Windows with 2 monitors attached to it. I would like to have a full-screen session on both monitors at the same time, but whenever I do that, my full-screen…
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Resizing an Xvfb display

Simple Question: Is there a way to resize a Xvfb display? I tried with RandR but it seems that the RandR extension is not supported by Xvfb. Are there other ways to resize the screen? Thanks for your help!
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Screen sharing between Raspberry PI and Mac OSx

I want to use the Screen Sharing OSx built-in App to manipulate the actual X session open in my Raspberry PI. Just to be clear I want to see in my VNC session the same image the Raspberry is sending through the HDMI. So I can move the mouse in my…
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Access Windows 2016 Server Container (Docker container) via GUI?

I need to use Docker / Windows containers on Windows 2016 Server and prepare it Windows applications to run on it. Configuring Windows via Powershell just is not as convenient though as it is on Ubuntu, especially if you never worked with Windows…
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Controlling iOS device via mouse/keyboard

Some companies are offering manual testing of real iPhone/iPad devices. With your mouse and keyboard, you can control the device straight from your browser. They probably use something like AirPlay to stream the device graphics to the browser. But…
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VNC black screen with a X cursor on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)

Starting VNC server using vncserver :1, client can connect to the server but it shows only a black screen with a X curser. Contents of .vnc/xstartup is: #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: unset SESSION_MANAGER exec…
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Key mappings in RealVNC client

I am using RealVNC viewer on Windows. I sometimes find it very difficult to shift from VNC to Windows. I have to use F8 -> Minimize and then Alt + Tab. I wish I had more flexibility. Can the following key combinations be somehow enabled? Win + D ->…
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Jconsole cannot connect

I am using VNC to connect to a server. I am able to VNC into the server, and open Jconsole, but cannot get it to connect to my process whether I include the PID or try connecting using the GUI. The weird thing is all the processes show up in the…
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Non-jailbreak VNC server for iOS? Remotelly use an iOS device?

I know there is an existing app named veency that converts the iPhone/iPad in a VNC server. With another program like tightvnc on the mac or windows, you can remotely use an iOs device from your windows/mac. The problem is, I cannot find any…
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Using laptop as a second programming monitor

The joys of multimonitor programming are countless, I think there are about 5 blog posts on Coding Horror on the topic alone! I often code in Windows on my main machine, and have my Mac laptop set up to the side. I use the Mac both to compile Mac…
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