Mostly I try to install the absolute minimum graphics software on a server. \u00a0Most installs should be possible without graphics. \u00a0For instance installing an Oracle database you can use silent mode and a response file.<\/p>\n
Now and then you can't get around this. \u00a0If you have the luxury of just remotely displaying a xterm back to your Unix desktop (or Windows with X-Window software like Xming etc) then that should be enough. \u00a0If you have a slow link over a WAN then displaying X remotely becomes quite impossible. \u00a0This is because of the way the X-Window system updates pixels, keyboard and mouse clicks. \u00a0In this case you can try VNC.<\/p>\n
Note since you have installed minimal graphics software on the server you should not expect a nice GNOME type desktop awaiting you upon a successful VNC connection.<\/em><\/p>\n This is an example of using VNC to connect to a Solaris 11 LDOM.<\/p>\n Install VNC server:<\/strong><\/p>\n Run VNC Server as the user you need to use:<\/strong><\/p>\n Now connect with your VNC client to host11:2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mostly I try to install the absolute minimum graphics software on a server. \u00a0Most installs should be possible without graphics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solaris","category-vnc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ls-al.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\r\n# pkg search vncserver\r\nINDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE\r\nbasename file usr\/bin\/vncserver pkg:\/x11\/server\/xvnc@1.1.0-0.175.1.0.0.24.1317\r\n\r\nroot@host11:~# pkg install pkg:\/x11\/server\/xvnc@1.1.0-0.175.1.0.0.24.1317\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\ndev1_a@host11:~$ vncserver\r\nYou will require a password to access your desktops.\r\nPassword:\r\nVerify:\r\nNew 'host11:2 (dev1)' desktop is host11:2\r\n\r\nCreating default startup script \/export\/home\/dev1\/.vnc\/xstartup\r\nStarting applications specified in \/export\/home\/dev1\/.vnc\/xstartup\r\nLog file is \/export\/home\/dev1\/.vnc\/host11:2.log\r\n<\/pre>\n