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VNC into an Ubuntu machine from a Mac?

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Mar 15, 20265720 views
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Problem

I would like to log into my Ubuntu machine from my Mac. I tried running a VNC server on the Ubuntu machine with and then connecting in the finder to "Go to server->vnc://192.168.1.2" but I get the "Contacting" dialog, but it never connects. On the Ubuntu side, I see this: I tried adding "-noxdamage…

Error Output

sudo x11vnc -shared -forever -nopw -display :0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth

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I would like to log into my Ubuntu machine from my Mac. I tried running a VNC server on the Ubuntu... I am not the world most knowledgeable person on this topic, but - AFAIK - VNC is not a remote log-on utility but a program to share the desktop of …

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