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VNC = Virtual Network Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC enables you to set up a connection from a remote host (e.g. a PC offsite) to a session on a SLAC Linux host. For access to control system components such as edm displays or matlab programs, VNC often provides the best performance.
The elements are:
- vncserver runs a KDE session on a linux host.
- VNC Viewer runs on your PC, and connects to the Linux session, allowing you to do work on the Linux host.
This document contains instructions for setting up a connection from a Windows PC to a VNC session on a public linux host at SLAC.
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- Due to timeouts associated with things like afs tokens, kerberos tickets, vpn, and ssh tunnelling, vncserver sessions left running can become inaccessible to vnc clientsVNC Viewers, and need to be restarted. Troubleshooting section below has some possibilities for getting around the problem, but they are not always successful. In any case, please do not leave unsaved work in an inactive session
- The iris group of SCCS machines are equipped with fonts necessary for running edm displays like lclshome. Other machines like noric or yakut do not have these fonts
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