Re: [opensuse] VNC Colors
- From: Marc Chamberlin <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:39:38 -0700
Chuck Payne wrote:
Guys,Chuck - I just went through the same thing. Apparently Krfb is broken, has been for awhile, and it appears there is very little action happening to repair it. The problem has been reported, both by myself and others. I just wrote up an addendum to the openSuSE wiki regarding it and added a workaround...
I got a really strange issue with VNC in 11.1. When I connect to my
server using any vnc client, it like I am on a bad acid trip. The
colours are all over the place. I can't click any where with out an
explsion of colours. Is there a setting with X11 that I can ton down
the colors? I have tried everything on the client system. I am using
Krfb and vnc that build into X/gdm.
Basically I found the following was my best solution. First blow away, i.e. remove Krfb and while you are at it, also blow away Krdc. Krdc is also broken and subject to sudden crashes and lockup. You MUST remove Krfb otherwise it will lock on to port 5900, which you will need if you use the solution described below. Hopefully the KDE crowd will get these tools fixed soon....
You can use vncviewer instead as your vnc client if you are connecting to another computer that has a vnc server running. If you want to get a vnc server up and running on a "remote" SuSE computer, you have two options. You can start up the Xvnc daemons that SuSE supplies, reachable via the xinetd manager in YaST. These will allow you to connect in via a KDM login prompt and start a new user session on the "remote" computer.
However, if you are wanting control over a remote live desktop, such as what Krfb would do for you (when helping Mom's out for example) then install the x11vnc server package on the remote computer. You will have to get it started and connected to display:0 somehow. You can do that manually on the remote computer and the openSuSE wiki describes how...
I prefer the following method of using ssh to start the x11vnc server on the remote system. (and I wrote up a couple of paragraphs on the openSuSE wiki describing the procedure) This way I can set up and make the entire connection remotely and don't need any intervention at the remote computer. BUT you MUST have the x11vnc package installed on the remote computer first and it must also be set up to accept ssh connections!
Once you got the remote computer ready, then first, from one console on your local computer execute the following command -
ssh -t -L 5900:localhost:5900 loggedInUserName@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 'x11vnc -localhost -nolookup -nopw -display :0'
substituting the remote username and computername.domain as appropriate. Of course you will be asked for a password to be granted access.....
Then from another console start up a vncviewer window with the following -
vncviewer -encodings "tight copyrect hextile" localhost:0
and bingo! You got an nice VNC session going, connected to the live remote desktop!
Hope this helps... Took me some research to figure out these magic incantations. ;-)
Marc...
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