Grey screen appears with VNCviewer

I’m having some trouble with VNCviewer as I alwayse get a grey screen when connecting, perhaps one of this files are configured incorrectly: for my /etc/vnc/xstartup file I tried adding this at first and even using this script. no success with neither of them. About the logs, im typing tightvncserver and getting this: When trying … Read more

How to insert VNC Server license key (automatically) after a PC reimage with MDT

I have a base build PC which has the VNC Server license key inserted and working correctly. I’ve then taken an image of it via WINPE disk and the DISM command line (.WIM file) Wim file is then imported into MDT and then re-deployed out to multiple devices, hassle free. Unfortunately the Serial Key for … Read more

Cannot make additional vnc viewer (Kind of Xvnc failed, possibly because the font path…. matter)

From a week ago, I cannot make additional vnc viewer. I found many people already have this kind of error, but specifically, they were a little different. I found one solution for one similar case, that is yum update yum install pixman pixman=devel libXfont Unfortunately, it doesn’t work for me. The following is my error … Read more

Disconnected remote computer’s network by mistake

So I have put myself in an unfortunate situation. I am working remotely and I have disconnected my remote workstation’s internet connection by mistake. Is there any trick to force the remote workstation to reconnect via the router? I am using vncserver on my remote Linux workstation, and Tight-vnc on my Windows laptop which I … Read more

vncserver service fails to start

Trying to setup VNCServer for accessing a CentOS7 machine via Windows Remote Desktop and getting errors starting the VNC service: [root@HW006 ~]# systemctl start vncserver@:1 Job for vncserver@:1.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status vncserver@:1.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details. [root@HW006 ~]# journalctl -xe — Defined-By: systemd — Support: … Read more

TightVNC server crashes when scrolling in gedit in XFCE

I’m using TightVNC Server version 1.3.9 on a Debian Buster VM, and TightVNC Viewer version 2.8.11 on Windows 10 1709. If I Run the VNC Server using vncserver -geometry 1920×1080 and the xstartup given below: xrdb $HOME/.Xresource autocutsel -fork startxfce4 # xfce-session Connect using the following settings: Open gedit and start writing a file that’s … Read more

How to disable clipboard function on TightVNC server

I looked at the manual of TightVNC Server but I couldn’t find any option to disable clipboard function in order to block copy/paste between host machine and remote machine. I use TightVNC Server (version 1.3.10) on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Answer Seems to be a missing feature. Maybe requesting feature add from https://www.tightvnc.com/rfe.php This seems like … Read more