Recent Comments http://www.abdevelopment.ca/projects/table-contents/feed en Logout not working ... http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-3721 <p>Thanks for your tuto. I tried on ubuntu server 14.04 and kde (kubuntu-desktop).<br /> It's working fine using windows client tightvnc viewer except that when I logout (Leave - Log Out) the screen becomes (and remains) black. Only solution connect with ssh and do killall -u ...<br /> What's wrong ?</p> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:57:41 +0000 tweety comment 3721 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca Thanks for your tuto. I http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-3720 <p>Thanks for your tuto. I tried on ubuntu server 14.04 and kde (kubuntu-desktop).<br /> It's working fine using windows client tightvnc viewer except that when I logout (Leave - Log Out) the screen becomes (and remains) black. Only solution connect with ssh and do killall -u ...<br /> What's wrong ?</p> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:56:15 +0000 tweety comment 3720 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca Bloated Vista http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder#comment-3577 <p>I have just sent this complaint to a Windows Community site. At least it let's off some steam but I suppose I'll have to go for a re-install as Microsoft are criminally unhelpful.</p> <p>On my laptop I have Windows Vista that is hogging 22GB of my hard drive (110GB) and I am appalled to Microsoft's attitude to this problem. Advice to delete a few temp files, etc. Or, as an alternative, reinstall the software. They are totally ignoring their responsibility to their customers. Talk about take the money and run!<br /> Are there any plans to solve this problem? Perhaps it's an arm-twisting way of encouraging us to buy subsequent editions of operating software (It eventually gets so bad, and we get so fed up trying for a solution that we just give up and and go along with it)<br /> Some of the postings state that Windows 7 suffers from the same problem; if this is true the engineers designing this software are either idiots or crooks - take your pick.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:02:29 +0000 Mick Jugrim comment 3577 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca Login problems http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-3554 <p>I followed the tutorial, and ran all the needed commands.</p> <p>I ran update-rc.d vncserver defaults, then went back to the vncserver script in init.d and changed display to 0, saved, and rebooted.</p> <p>Once it was booted, I tried connecting using VNC Viewer. When I tried to connect, the connection was refused. So, I went to the server itself, and it was at the login screen. I logged in, but the screen went black for about a second, then came back at the login screen.</p> <p>I can no longer log in, and therefore cannot really do anything to the server anymore.</p> <p>How can I fix this?</p> Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:21:52 +0000 Lee Neighoff comment 3554 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca Login problems http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-3553 <p>I followed the tutorial, and ran all the needed commands.</p> <p>I ran update-rc.d vncserver defaults, then went back to the vncserver script in init.d and changed display to 0, saved, and rebooted.</p> <p>Once it was booted, I tried connecting using VNC Viewer. When I tried to connect, the connection was refused. So, I went to the server itself, and it was at the login screen. I logged in, but the screen went black for about a second, then came back at the login screen.</p> <p>I can no longer log in, and therefore cannot really do anything to the server anymore.</p> <p>How can I fix this?</p> Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:20:54 +0000 Lee Neighoff comment 3553 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca I wish I didn't have to do this kind of stuff http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-3538 <p>When I install tightvncserver from the Ubuntu 13.04 repository, why isn't it already set up as a "proper server", (starting automatically at clean boot or reboot), obviating the need for your article? I mean what is the point of a server that you have to launch yourself? - especially since you have to use ssh (a proper server that does launch automatically) to do it. Is it because the Ubuntu developers are a bunch of amateurs ?</p> <p>My Apache2 box uses LXDE desktop, and doesn't have /usr/X11R6/bin/ , so what do I put in PATH="$PATH:..." ? </p> <p>Do I have to change Line 3 to:<br /> # Provides: tightvncserver</p> Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:44:32 +0000 Dave Kimble comment 3538 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca vista disk full http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder#comment-1012 <p>I used the compcln.exe Gave me over a gigabyte. Not a lot but I was almost at the point that I'd have to buy a new computer or new HD, or a full reinstall or .... Thanks.</p> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:11:28 +0000 ross comment 1012 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca thank you for share it's done http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-959 <p>thank you for share<br /> it's done</p> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:43:13 +0000 leaf comment 959 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca VNC server start at boot http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-958 <p>Thank you! Thanks, and thanks again! This is the quickest and best solution for getting the server up and running at boot. I wish I had found it earlier.</p> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:58:02 +0000 rillg comment 958 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca How to know folder size http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder#comment-855 <p>Hi! I posted a little trick to get size of directories or files:<br /> <a href="http://runakay.blogspot.com/2012/09/fastest-way-to-know-size-of-files-or.html" title="http://runakay.blogspot.com/2012/09/fastest-way-to-know-size-of-files-or.html" rel="nofollow">http://runakay.blogspot.com/2012/09/fastest-way-to-know-size-of-files-or...</a></p> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:09:40 +0000 Rony comment 855 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca still having a useless grey vnc client !!!! http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-836 <p>I tried to follow these instructions in order to configure "Ultravnc viewer" on a wondows vista system (with an intel integrated graphics card with 32bits color/ 1280x800 / 59HTZ) in order to manage an ubuntu 10.04 64bits system (the desktop amd64 bits install from the main ubuntu repository).</p> <p>went through all the steps but I still have a grey screen on ultravnc viewer which blocks me from using the tool??</p> <p>tried to install other tools (clients) such as VNC viewer and tightvnc viewer ,but they all end up with a grey interface!!!<br /> I tried different settings " geometry 800x600/1280x1024/1024x768" ,but still stuck with this grey screen!!</p> <p>Any suggestions please??</p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:43:50 +0000 sun comment 836 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca starting thightvncserver in Raspberry PI Debian zqueeze. http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-788 <p>I didn't have to do all those steps exposed in this headlines, </p> <p>What it did the job for me was:</p> <p><strong>sudo nano /etc/rc.local</strong></p> <p>And add this line somewhere in the middle or beginning:</p> <p><strong>su -c "/usr/bin/tightvncserver -geometry 1280x1024" username</strong></p> <p>Before I had included other options/parameters in that line and I was getting black icons on the screen, but with only -geometry option did the trick and it work great!</p> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:30:13 +0000 rocketero comment 788 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca nice http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-766 <p>only want to say well done article</p> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:19:46 +0000 Sandra23 comment 766 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca Authentication Issues http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/start-vnc-server-ubuntu-boot#comment-727 <p>It all seems to work, but when I try and use Synaptic (as an example) it doesn't load the auth prompt, presumably it's trying with a text prompt (it does when I run synaptic-pkexec from the terminal)</p> <p>I'm guessing that this is a security feature to prevent su from dropping to whoever, but is there a way around this? or am I doing something wrong?</p> Tue, 29 May 2012 19:04:10 +0000 JD comment 727 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca Feeling like a veteran http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder#comment-719 <p>Thanks so much for all your helpful comments! I got alarmed today when I realized my 100gb drive now only had 25gb free. Found a folder size analyzer and discovered the winsxs cancer. &lt;- nice term, btw! running my sp3 cleaning tool freed up at least 4gb. I'll take it!<br /> reading other people's stories, the page seriously starts to sound like a windows coping community - shared misery, shared methods to help but mostly just coming together to recognize each other's pain.<br /> hope you are all having a great day! this too shall pass!</p> Thu, 24 May 2012 12:41:02 +0000 Stephen comment 719 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca