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pschaff

Re: X11 server and Gnome

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There seems to be a moving target here. Simple X11 will suffice for many applications. Setting up a VNC server on Ubuntu is definitely out of scope for the CentOS fora.

For basic X11

yum groupinstall "X Window System"

For a GNOME GUI environment

yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"

For KDE

yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

For a lightweight windowing environment

yum groupinstall "XFCE-4.4"

There are any number of VNC servers and clients available:

# yum --noplugins --enablerepo \* --disablerepo \*-source --disablerepo C5.\*,c5-media,\*debug\*,\*-source list \*vnc\*
...
Finished
Installed Packages
vnc.x86_64                                 4.1.2-14.el5_6.6         installed   
vnc-server.x86_64                          4.1.2-14.el5_6.6         installed   
Available Packages
gtk-vnc.i386                               0.3.8-3.el5              base        
gtk-vnc.x86_64                             0.3.8-3.el5              base        
gtk-vnc-devel.i386                         0.3.8-3.el5              base        
gtk-vnc-devel.x86_64                       0.3.8-3.el5              base        
gtk-vnc-python.x86_64                      0.3.8-3.el5              base        
libvncserver.i386                          0.9.7-2.el5              epel        
libvncserver.x86_64                        0.9.7-2.el5              epel        
libvncserver-devel.i386                    0.9.7-2.el5              epel        
libvncserver-devel.x86_64                  0.9.7-2.el5              epel        
mingw32-gtk-vnc.noarch                     0.3.8-3.el5              epel        
pyvnc2swf.noarch                           0.9.5-1.el5              epel-testing
tightvnc.x86_64                            1.3.9-3.el5.rf           rpmforge    
tightvnc-server.x86_64                     1.3.9-3.el5.rf           rpmforge    
vnc-ltsp-config.noarch                     4.0-4.el5                epel        
vnc2swf.x86_64                             0.5.0-2.el5.rf           rpmforge    
vncreflector.x86_64                        1.2.4-0.2.el5.rf         rpmforge    
x11vnc.x86_64                              0.9.13-1.el5.rf          rpmforge    
x11vnc-javaviewers.x86_64                  0.9.13-1.el5             epel        
x2vnc.x86_64                               1.7.2-1.el5.rf           rpmforge    
xorg-x11-server-Xvnc-source.x86_64         1.1.1-48.90.el5          base

For information about a particular package:

# yum info gtk-vnc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
...
2014 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Available Packages
Name       : gtk-vnc
Arch       : i386
Version    : 0.3.8
Release    : 3.el5
Size       : 80 k
Repo       : base
Summary    : A GTK widget for VNC clients
URL        : http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc
License    : LGPLv2+
Description: gtk-vnc is a VNC viewer widget for GTK. It is built using
           : coroutines allowing it to be completely asynchronous while
           : remaining single threaded.

Name       : gtk-vnc
Arch       : x86_64
Version    : 0.3.8
Release    : 3.el5
Size       : 81 k
Repo       : base
Summary    : A GTK widget for VNC clients
URL        : http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc
License    : LGPLv2+
Description: gtk-vnc is a VNC viewer widget for GTK. It is built using
           : coroutines allowing it to be completely asynchronous while
           : remaining single threaded.

# yum --enablerepo rpmforge info tightvnc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
...
Available Packages
Name       : tightvnc
Arch       : x86_64
Version    : 1.3.9
Release    : 3.el5.rf
Size       : 262 k
Repo       : rpmforge
Summary    : Graphical remote administration system
URL        : http://www.tightvnc.com/
License    : GPL
Description: Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which
           : allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on
           : the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet
           : and from a wide variety of machine architectures.
           : 
           : TightVNC is an enhanced VNC distribution. This package contains
           : a client which will allow you to connect to other desktops running
           : a VNC or a TightVNC server.

If you have specific questions please ask with appropriate details.

Edit: Please do not start a new topic on the same issue. Any of the available VNC clients should just work with the Ubuntu server. So should basic X11 remote display, possibly using SSH with X forwarding, which should be a lot easier to get going.

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Posted on: 2012/3/13 19:30

alaa000

Re: X11 server and Gnome

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Joined: 2012/3/12

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Posts: 12

hi,

i explain more my situation :

on my Board i have as distrubution linux Centos 5.7

and on my Pc i have Ubuntu 10.10.

so now I try to do this with VNC SERVER :

i want to run a server on my Ubuntu (PC) and the client on my Board .

thanks

Posted on: 2012/3/13 10:03

alaa000

X11 server and Gnome

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hello,

I instaled Centos 5.7 on my Alix Board 6F2 , so because this Board did not have any Output VGA

and me i want to display the Output of the Board ,on my computer PC that is connected to my alix Board .

so after some research i found that the X11 will be useful for this application .

please if some have an idea how to configurate the X11. ( my Pc computer as server and my board as client )

thanks

Posted on: 2012/3/13 8:43

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