Using X11vnc instead of vino, tightvncserver or vnc4server
I've been having a lot of trouble
lately, using vino and vnc with my Ubuntu Linux PC. The bottom line is I
need to use a remote desktop application to manage my Ubuntu PC from my
Windows desktop. The first thing I tried was the Remote Desktop feature
included in Ubuntu. This feature uses a package called vino, and the problem
with vino is that I can't see the Ubuntu cursor correctly and the connection is
a bit jerky.
Then I decided to install tightvncserver, but
the keyboard was a mess and some icons and colors didn't display correctly on
the remote desktop. After that I tried vnc4server, but got the same
results. Then I stumbled upon No Machine NX (http://www.nomachine.com/) and decided to
install it. To my surpirse it worked well the first time, but then Ubuntu
updated some packages and NX started to behave exactly like tightvncserver and
vnc4server!!
But today, after a week of frustration, I finally
found something that works, at least for the time being! This fabulous package
is called Xvnc, and you can download it from Ubuntu's repository. Just install
it, open a terminal window and type x11vnc. Then you can connect from another PC
using any vnc client like vncviewer:
The screenshot above shows a session on my Ubuntu
PC using vncviewer from TighVNC on my Windows XP desktop. There are some
settings to take care of, like adding a password to my X11vnc configuration, but
right now I just wanted to let you know that this is the best vnc solution I've
seen so far. I'll keep posting about all the new findings on vnc
servers...
