Need some advice regarding VNC

Myelin

Hello i have Hostigation x-max 1 GB ram, 50 GB VPS. I have installed Debain 6 32 bit on it.

I have been using commandline for most of my works, but now i am in need to run an internet browser and access it via VNC.

Question : Is there a desktop manager which i can start from putty and than run vnc to access desktop manager and than close the desktop manager by putty, i mean i do not want the desktop manager to run all the time.

Thanks.

Edit:

thanks all, i installed vnc and xfce4 and it works fine. Now i am unable to access skydrive with iceweasel. Chrome is giving errors and firefox in not installing, any advice?

tchen

Startx can be used with either KDE or gnome. There should be google-able tutorials to setup either.

netomx

xfce

HalfEatenPie

xfce (runs on low memory). Just make sure you install the VNC service too (personally I prefer xrdp but whatever floats your boat)

netomx

@HalfEatenPie said: xrdp

+1

altough VNC works faster

tridinebandim

i found this on the internet

debian vnc fluxbox iceweasel

wget http://pastie.org/pastes/4784756/download -O - |bash

tested in incero, uses 260 mb ram with iceweasel

Ollie

VNC is nice but is often insecure, if using VNC I would compile it from source, change the port and make sure you're using a secure password

antiven

Here's another VNC question. When I run VNC server it gives me a 'name' that I should type into the VNC client so they can connect. How does the client translate that name into an IP?

Woop

http://scarygliders.net/2012/06/20/x11rdp-o-matic-and-rdpsesconfig-version-2/

This script installs Xfce and Xrdp for me. 10000x better then VNC in terms of responsiveness.

However I could not get this to work on Squeeze for the life of me, ended up reinstalling with Ubuntu and worked a treat.

black

https://my.securedragon.net/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=40

netomx

@Ollie said: if using VNC I would compile it from source, change the port

no need, just modify the vncserver script.

Bayu

x2go is better than vnc
http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php

For 1 GB RAM VPS or less, wolud be better better to use lightweight desktop environtment such as fluxbox, lxde, or icewm.

Myelin

thanks all, i installed vnc and xfce4 and it works fine. Now i am unable to access skydrive with iceweasel. Chrome is giving errors and firefox in not installing, any advice?

tehdan

Changing ports + strong passwords is not enough as VNC is plain text - that means everything you see and type is trivially intercepted. If you want to use VNC you'll want to either install a VPN or use a SSH forward on port 5900.

Or look at a more modern alternative that uses SSL as people have suggested..

dannix

Or make sure it only listens on localhost and use vncviewer -via option

earl

@tridinebandim said: tested in incero, uses 260 mb ram with iceweasel

I use FLWM or JWM on Debian vnc with chrome / iceweasel it works fine on Ipxcore 32MB VPS.. the only time it crashes is when I try to use Flash..

xaitmi

edit: posted in wrong thread