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Jpye: /* Setting screen size */

2016-04-28T14:16:36Z

Setting screen size

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	TightVNC Server doesn't seem to support screen size requests. Possibly TigerVNC and RealVNC do this, but TightVNC Server doesn't seem to do it. An alternative is to log in to the remote host system (assuming the remote system is a VirtualBox guest OS) and run the following command:		TightVNC Server doesn't seem to support screen size requests. Possibly TigerVNC and RealVNC do this, but TightVNC Server doesn't seem to do it. An alternative is to log in to the remote host system (assuming the remote system is a VirtualBox guest OS) and run the following command:

	vboxmanage controlvm ''virtualmachinename'' setvideomodehint 1920 ~~1024~~ 16		vboxmanage controlvm ''virtualmachinename'' setvideomodehint 1920 1080 16

	where 1920 ~~1024~~ 16 is the width, height and pixel depth.		where the values 1920 1080 16 correspond to the desired remote guest screen width, height and pixel depth (you probably want to match them to your local screen width and height).

Jpye: /* TigerVNC */

2016-04-28T14:04:04Z

TigerVNC

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	Needed here: instructions on how to build more recent packages from 'sid' using 'build-dep' and '-b source'.		Needed here: instructions on how to build more recent packages from 'sid' using 'build-dep' and '-b source'.

			== Setting screen size ==

			TightVNC Server doesn't seem to support screen size requests. Possibly TigerVNC and RealVNC do this, but TightVNC Server doesn't seem to do it. An alternative is to log in to the remote host system (assuming the remote system is a VirtualBox guest OS) and run the following command:

			vboxmanage controlvm ''virtualmachinename'' setvideomodehint 1920 1024 16

			where 1920 1024 16 is the width, height and pixel depth.

Jpye at 08:10, 25 April 2016

2016-04-25T08:10:43Z

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	This xtightvncviewer is '''much''' faster than the nice GUI alternative, ''Remmina'' on Raspberry Pi.		This xtightvncviewer is '''much''' faster than the nice GUI alternative, ''Remmina'' on Raspberry Pi.

			However, the frustration with xtightvncviewer is that it doesn't pass through the SHIFT-TAB keystroke correctly -- apparently there is a bug somewhere.

	== TigerVNC ==		== TigerVNC ==

Jpye at 08:09, 25 April 2016

2016-04-25T08:09:40Z

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	This xtightvncviewer is '''much''' faster than the nice GUI alternative, ''Remmina'' on Raspberry Pi.		This xtightvncviewer is '''much''' faster than the nice GUI alternative, ''Remmina'' on Raspberry Pi.

			== TigerVNC ==

			TigerVNC looks like a more actively maintained VNC viewer, and it's supposed to work on Raspberry Pi. However it seems difficult to get it running, since FLTK 1.3.3 is not available easily on Raspberry Pi via Raspbian.

			# get the .tar.gz for TigerVNC latest stable
			sudo apt-get install libfltk1.3-dev libjpeg-dev libgnutls-dev zlib1g-dev
			wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg62-turbo-dev_1.4.2-2_armhf.deb
			wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg62-turbo_1.4.2-2_armhf.deb
			wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjpeg-turbo/libturbojpeg0-dev_1.4.2-2_armhf.deb
			wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libj/libjpeg-turbo/libturbojpeg0_1.4.2-2_armhf.deb
			sudo dpkg -i libjpeg.deb
			tar zxvf v1.6.0.tar.gz
			cd tigervnc-1.6.0
			cmake .
			make
			# fails with warnings arising from old version of FLTK.

			Needed here: instructions on how to build more recent packages from 'sid' using 'build-dep' and '-b source'.

Jpye at 08:36, 17 April 2016

2016-04-17T08:36:20Z

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	(replace with your own server's IP address as appropriate).		(replace with your own server's IP address as appropriate).

	~~Do not use the option -~~fullscreen ~~the first time~~, ~~just in case you can't get out...~~ use F8 to ~~scape from fullscreen mode~~.		When you're in fullscreen mode, use F8 to bring up a menu which include "Quit Viewer". If F8 isn't working for you, you may have a problem with the "grabKeyboard" option as described above.
	if F8 ~~does not work~~, ~~it is imperative to use~~ the grabKeyboard option as ~~explained at the begining of this section~~.
	The option -x11cursor shows a more beautiful pointer for the mouse.		The option -x11cursor shows a more beautiful pointer for the mouse.

	''This useful information taken from [http://web.archive.org/web/20151004062352/http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/vnc.html http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/vnc.html], via the Wayback Machine''		''This useful information taken from [http://web.archive.org/web/20151004062352/http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/vnc.html http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/vnc.html], via the Wayback Machine''

			Good settings for connecting to a remote server

			ssh -C -o CompressionLevel=9 -L5991:localhost:5991 my.server.example.net
			xtightvncviewer -fullscreen -depth 16 -compresslevel 8 -quality 3 -encodings "tight copyrect hextile zlib corre rre raw" -x11cursor localhost:5991

			(you probably you want to type these into two separate console windows).

			This xtightvncviewer is '''much''' faster than the nice GUI alternative, ''Remmina'' on Raspberry Pi.

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2016-04-14T12:53:47Z

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'''''xtightvncviewer''' is a very fast and light VNC viewer that you can use to access remote machines, including virtual machines, from underpowered computers like Raspberry Pi. But there's a hard-to find setting that you need in order to make it work well, which is setting the 'grabKeyboard' Xresources setting. After scouring the net for this info several times, I decided to make a copy here...''

In the client's computer, we install the viewer with:

sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer

To avoid problems with the keyboard in full screen mode (who owns the keyboard, the client's desktop or vncviewer?) we shall give the keyboard to vncviewer.
To do that we just type:

echo "Vncviewer*grabKeyboard: true" >> ~/.Xresources
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

in order to define the option grabKeyboard in the /home/user/.Xresources file.

We are ready to login using

xtightvncviewer -fullscreen -x11cursor 192.168.1.6:1

(replace with your own server's IP address as appropriate).

Do not use the option -fullscreen the first time, just in case you can't get out... use F8 to scape from fullscreen mode.
if F8 does not work, it is imperative to use the grabKeyboard option as explained at the begining of this section.
The option -x11cursor shows a more beautiful pointer for the mouse.

''This useful information taken from [http://web.archive.org/web/20151004062352/http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/vnc.html http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/vnc.html], via the Wayback Machine''