Setting up VNC server on Solaris
Introduction
Solaris, my love! You who never have packages and are never very convenient to use! In short, my difficult love! And yes, VNC server is doable! Recompiling manually is too difficult and time-consuming, so I opted for packages. But even that isn’t all roses!
Installation
Method 1
Add this line to your profile:
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Method 2
For prerequisites, you need pkg-get! Then let’s get started:
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Let’s refine things by editing /etc/init.d/boot.server
and adding the magic line:
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This line allows all users to access vncserver from boot.
That’s it! Now you just need to launch it.
Configuration
We’ll start vncserver once, then kill it to get the configuration. Also enter the password when prompted:
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Now we can edit the ~/.vnc/xstartup
file for all users:
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Launching
Let’s start vncserver and we’re good to go!
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Last updated 03 Dec 2008, 15:53 +0200.