[mythtv-users] mythbuntu and vnc

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Apr 15, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

> On Apr 15, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics  
> wrote:
>> Hello, i threw in the towel on svn and went for mythbuntu so i  
>> could get my remote and serial transmitter working. They still  
>> don't work, even though it's a standard hauppague pvr-500 philips  
>> mce remote...but that's a whole other story....and i hopefully can  
>> fix that on my own.
>>
>> But what i really need is help getting vnc working with mythbuntu.  
>> I'm not talking about the remote desktop vnc, cause that does  
>> work...but i really need to be able to login and have it log me in  
>> on a virtual desktop, so that while the tv is going, stuff can  
>> still be done on the mythbox. that way i would log in via the  
>> computer ip with :1 at the end.
>>
>> I followed this install to the letter: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC 
>>   but it doesn't work. Is there no gui based program that can be  
>> installed like they have for Windows?
>
> Not sure about *buntu since I've never used any of them, but if you  
> have vncserver installed, log in as the user you want to run vnc,  
> then from the command line, execute vncserrver. It will tell you  
> that it's putting stuff in the home directory of that user and will  
> by default start an x server on :1. Then use VNC Client on the  
> remote machine to connect to your server on port 1.
>
That's a typo. The command is: vncserver

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