asked on

using VNCserver I want to server out MY CURRENT desktop

Installed VNC server and tried to server out my currenty desktop using vncserver :0 and I get the error message "A vncserer is allready running for that"

I can just do a vncserver and it serves out :1 and it works well. I want to remotely control the mouse and want to see my actual email etc.

It all works great but I am getting display 1 instead of 0.

owensleftfoot

Kill vncserver and then delete the files in /tmp/.X11-unix/
Then start vncserver again.

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

rindi

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

TIMFOX123

ASKER

I can use this software to remotely control a Microsoft windows computer. Should I not be able to do the same for X11 ?

rindi

Windows runs differently from X. For one it isn't a client/server system.

TIMFOX123

ASKER

So what is the common remote control software to do this ?

rindi

netop remote control (not free), possibly tridiaVNC (I haven't tried it yet, but according to the datasheet it should work)

TIMFOX123

ASKER

I found out that you can open up KDE to permit this with tools that are listed under the system hower it works really crappy for me. I share out the moose and keyboard and nobody has good control of them.

Your information helped me get to the end of it and the reason windows does such a good job of this is Microsoft windows is not all that advnaced and is not a fully powered mult user os unless you add things like terminal server. A free copy of slackware stacks up against windows very well !