[CentOS] TightVNC controlling a Mac OSX 10.4.9.

[David A. Woyciesjes]

 >Justin Cataldo wrote:
>> On 3/21/07, *David A. Woyciesjes* <david.woyciesjes at yale.edu 
>> <mailto:david.woyciesjes at yale.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>>             Need some pointers here. I've got CentOS 4.4, and I want to
>>     control my
>>     OSX 10.4.9 box via VNC. It connects, and I get a little dot for the
>>     mouse cursor, but just a black screen. I can see the mouse controlling
>>     the OSX desktop...
>>             Here's the output when I start in a terminal:
>> 
>>     [d at f ~]$ vncviewer
>>     VNC server supports protocol version 3.889 (viewer 3.3)
>>     VNC authentication succeeded
>>     Desktop name "xxxxxxxx"
>>     Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3
>>     VNC server default format:
>>        32 bits per pixel.
>>        Most significant byte first in each pixel.
>>        True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8
>>     blue 0
>>     Warning: Cannot convert string
>>     "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
>>     Using default colormap which is TrueColor.  Pixel format:
>>        16 bits per pixel.
>>        Least significant byte first in each pixel.
>>        True colour: max red 31 green 63 blue 31, shift red 11 green 5 blue 0
>>     Using shared memory PutImage
>>     ShmCleanup called
>>     [d at f ~]$ vncviewer --version
>>     TightVNC viewer version 1.2.9
>> 
>> 
 > Are you running Vine Server (/OSXvnc/)
 > 
<http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=64523&filename=VineServer2.1.dmg> 

 > on  your mac?
 >
 > http://www.redstonesoftware.com/products/vine/server/vineosx/index.html
 > http://www.redstonesoftware.com/downloads/index.html
 >
 > JC
 >

	No, I just enabled the built-in Apple Remote Desktop. As suggested here:
http://www.macminicolo.net/Mac_VNC_tutor.html

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--- David Woyciesjes