VNC Server

Well, I have just installed Linux Mint today and I am trying to get some remote desktop goodness going on here between my two computers. On the old dell desktop with ubuntu 10.10. It appears to me that the best way to do it is to set up a server with x11vnc. Here is how:

sudo apt-get install x11vnc

Then create /etc/init/x11vnc.conf

start on login-session-start

script

x11vnc -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -display :0 -auth /var/run/gdm/root/:0 -forever -bg -o x11vnc.log

end script

reboot and you should be good.

Then just use Remmina or Remote Desktop Viewer to see the other computer. Good stuff. I can't see when it is using xbmc with remmina though or remote desktop viewer.