James Melin wrote:
Greetings Warren.
I've encountered times where I had NO choice but to use a GUI installer (Neon
Shadow Direct Driver, for instance). When that happens, I would start a
VNCserver. One comes with the SLES distribution. There are ones that have less
overhead, but since I use this only rarely, I've not bothered.
Starting the vncserver:
vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1024x768 :0
This creates a VNC server on which you can do something by connecting a vnc
viewer to. You basically get an xterm shell and nothing else. No desktop
overhead, no full blown KDE or GNOME. But it is enough* to use a GUI tool.
Once you run this it wil prompt for a password to use to access things. It will
also create a directory in your $HOME dir called .vnc - in that
directory is a file called xstartup
It should be mentioned that this password isn't stored very securely;
while it's encrypted, the encryption isnpt very rubust: the docs do warn
you.
cat xstartup
#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
twm &
The default seems to be to start twm - Tiny window Manager. It's ok. It works.
it's ugly. You could choose to use another window manager as personal
preference dictates.
You can actually kill twm in that shell, and start another wm. Probably
at that point one can start KDE or GNOME.
If you change this while the vncserver is running you need to stop and start
it: vncserver -kill :0 - Where :0 is your X windows screen. Since there
is no desktop running on z, :0 is available. On an intel box, you'd want to
default to :1 or :2.
Restart the server per above, and connect to the DNS resolveable name OR IP
address using a PC based VNC viewer. Note: this is a great way to burn CPU
resources on your z box. Get in, get done, get out.
Generally, folk recomment that vncserver should only listen to
localhost, that the ports it uses be blocked in your firewalls, and that
you connect using port forwarding in ssh.
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You people need som scissors;-)
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Cheers
John
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