[[http://www.tightvnc.com/|TightVNC Documentation]] \\ [[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tigervnc/index.php?title=Welcome_to_TigerVNC|TigerVNC Documentation]] \\ Remove presently-installed vnc client/server: # yum remove vnc # yum remove vnc-server Download and install tightvnc client/server (note it has been replaced by tigervnc as of Fedora 11) # yum install tigervnc # yum install tigervnc-server # vncserver Set up a password when script asks you to do so. \\ run "vncpasswd" as each user who will run the VNC service. \\ edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers - start with "1" \\ chkconfig vncserver on \\ service vncserver restart \\ ps -ef |grep vnc (then find active ports where service is running) add appropriate ports to a firewall rule as accepted \\ May need to do iptables -L or service iptables stop to test connections. Can see what ports are active with this command: # netstat -tpln | grep "5902" More instructions: \\ [[http://fedorasolved.org/Members/zdenek/tigervnc-server]] [[http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1262910#post1262910]] [[http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-244496.html]] [[http://www.talk.web.id/2011/07/minimum-install-vnc-remote-desktop-server-on-centos/]] Install TightVNC client on local machine to view remote machine. \\ Connect to display :0 (the Root Desktop)\\ [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11vnc]] [[http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server#head-4d3002833b106148eb6e5013b0a8cdccaf3a6cec | X11VNC for CentOS6]] [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=363236]] __Using x11vnc__ \\ Install package. \\ Ssh into remote system using a PuTTY window. \\ Start service with x11vnc -display :0 \\ x11vnc -storepasswd (set password one time, accept default location) \\ x11vnc -rfbauth /path/to/password/file \\ Use TightVNC or TigerVNC viewer to connect to remote system. Notes:\\ Geometry will match host machine; the client machine may be too small. Sample commands to be made via PuTTY window on remote machine: $ x11vnc -display :0 -clip 1366x700+0+0 -rfbauth /path/to/passwd_file $ x11vnc -display :0 -scale 1366x768 -rfbauth /path/to/passwd_file Then use TightVNC viewer and connect to remote host from the client PC. __Update 16 Sept 2011__ \\ Best software for displaying the Root Display (:0) is NoMachine and selecting the "Shadow" Desktop...this is also called Desktop Sharing. Several tutorials are available on the NoMachine website at [[http://nomachine.org/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR11B00098]]