Posted on May 20th, 2009 at 1:53 PM by slm4996

How to install x11vnc on Debian based systems. This will give you the ability to login remotely vis vnc without the need to leave the user logged in continuously.

Open a terminal

Enter the following commands in order:

sudo apt-get install x11vnc

Enter your password
Type “y” to install

Next:

sudo nano /etc/gdm/Init/Default

paste the next line of text into the end of the file before the “Exit” line if it exists

x11vnc -nopw -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -display :0 -noxfixes -bg -sb 11 -forever

Exit nano (ctrl+x) type “y” to save.

sudo nano /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom

Add the following lines, the [daemon] section might already exisit, if it does just add the middle line “KillInitClient=false”

[daemon]
KillInitClients=false
[security]

Exit nano (ctrl+x) type “y” to save.

Then reboot:

sudo reboot now