Ostrichmeat
June 23rd, 2011, 11:52 AM
Hi guys,
I have been trying to get Gnome and VNC installed on Ubuntu 10.10 Server 64 bit which is running on a VPS which I have no physical access to (only SSH). I have successfully done this on CentOS before (using guides I found through Google) but I cannot seem to get it set up in Ubuntu.
First of all, I have good reasons for needing a *full* GUI via VNC on my VPS. I am aware of the security implications. Like I said, I have done this before on CentOS, but I want this machine to use Ubuntu as I need a Debian environment.
So far, I have clean installed, then installed the desktop environment by:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktopThen I have created a sudoer user through which I installed vnc4server following instructions on http://usingnix.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/setup-vnc-in-ubuntu-10-10/
I have tried a variety of tweaks since then but the closest I have managed to come to connecting to VNC is a grey VNC window (of the correct geometry that I specified), with a black pattern with the X mouse pointer which moves around.
I know I can't be far off with this, but I am not getting Gnome or the software installed. I am using TightVNC on my local Ubuntu machine to connect.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have been trying to get Gnome and VNC installed on Ubuntu 10.10 Server 64 bit which is running on a VPS which I have no physical access to (only SSH). I have successfully done this on CentOS before (using guides I found through Google) but I cannot seem to get it set up in Ubuntu.
First of all, I have good reasons for needing a *full* GUI via VNC on my VPS. I am aware of the security implications. Like I said, I have done this before on CentOS, but I want this machine to use Ubuntu as I need a Debian environment.
So far, I have clean installed, then installed the desktop environment by:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktopThen I have created a sudoer user through which I installed vnc4server following instructions on http://usingnix.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/setup-vnc-in-ubuntu-10-10/
I have tried a variety of tweaks since then but the closest I have managed to come to connecting to VNC is a grey VNC window (of the correct geometry that I specified), with a black pattern with the X mouse pointer which moves around.
I know I can't be far off with this, but I am not getting Gnome or the software installed. I am using TightVNC on my local Ubuntu machine to connect.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!