Codeape: February 2011

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Start listening on 5901

tightvncserver -nolisten tcp :1

Stop listening

tightvncserver -kill  :1

Tightvnc is easily installed though the ubuntu package manager.

I choose ultra vnc for my windows client to connect.

For actually sharing the active desktop use x11vnc

x11vnc -safer -forever

The forever is required if you want to allow connection after connection. You can add this to the gnome start up programs if you like.

x11vnc did not seem snapy enough across wifi to make it worth while.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist

If it doesn't help, try:

sudo launchctl stop com.apple.locate

sudo launchctl start com.apple.locate

other thing to try:
/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb