I have not been able to get vnc working for years, using various versions of Mint and Ubuntu before that.
- Linux Mint 17/Cinnamon 32bit
- In Virtualbox VM on Window 7 Pro Host 64bit, not headless
I have tried it with vino (using desktop sharing) gave up on that, then installed x11vnc.
When I connect to the vnc server, all I see is black. The main screen works, my mouse can activate things, yet I see nothing on the vnc viewer.
Is anyone able to get this to work?
Please let me know what you need and I will post it.
FYI, I tried searching for vnc on this forum, but apparently it is a too common of a word to search for.
Thanx
Julian
VNC (x11vnc or vino) goes to black screen
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Re: VNC (x11vnc or vino) goes to black screen
I use x11vnc alot at work. I do get the same thing you are describing from time to time, not sure what causes it, but usually if i close it and reconnect it will work the second time. (Use a startup command with parameters "sudo x11vnc -loop" so that you are able to reconnect without restarting the vnc server.
I had nothing but trouble with vino.
I had nothing but trouble with vino.
Re: VNC (x11vnc or vino) goes to black screen
How about realVNC? They have a .deb on their site.
-Hinto
-Hinto
Re: VNC (x11vnc or vino) goes to black screen
I use realvnc as a viewer, and I tried tightvnc as a viewer as well.
Something fundamental is wrong but I have no idea.
Thanx
jlbprof
Something fundamental is wrong but I have no idea.
Thanx
jlbprof
Re: VNC (x11vnc or vino) goes to black screen
Its funny i use vnc at work a bunch but never tried at home. Was bored yesterday and tried and also got a black screen. Did a search and found the following in an opensuse forum. Try commenting out the ivp6 line as show below. After i did that i no longer had the black screen at home. (i use remmina for my viewer)
~>cat /etc/hosts
# special IPv6 addresses
#::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
~>cat /etc/hosts
# special IPv6 addresses
#::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback