From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ua1-x941.google.com (mail-ua1-x941.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::941]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B81DA3857C56 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:08:19 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org B81DA3857C56 Received: by mail-ua1-x941.google.com with SMTP id j12so359711ual.7 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:08:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=YOC8KF6UJJYczENv2wgBFIkQb4oQnlEQTv+kcT/pMj8=; b=b5UsVxKVAe/itnr8iZifhyVFTBDy188D2lATVLCIWVmOSgQk6ZRlZb4JXSyEpSsgwp st3KEOsCEu9/ZWI3R2F/Bvf40LBBz5H/R0LX+afKPaztG/rOgOF/8WWi61CabD8BPYa9 yHEB2yjPwiRJ6o5k6hYXo9p2ILrCtNSeyvxIMdIlo3fWgzaRe348mLZK7ppPilH6s6Ot KeYJ7ehSz8897/kUCTquLZXekyRuDhbY9X23gK7zFzigxxTl8GAgAGCtKdbBTlce1bQ3 UDsoN+6pA80zpO4jDBPVn78Nlu+y1/RB2KBkN8gnYxgR3Lx6Q2FUkxPdBnllvsZcGQkT 3UJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533b5kyqop6z5D1GU0CmKFsRzTrtLm4pchnSMM76BSQBaEKQIM+P 7yeNhhkF/0SahrKqXvL65Bl9AlEQIrx4nofKf1ar2a1Y X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzmqimUqyEspHUZ6D9fWt7mCEX9gp3tWVni5FnfNX2iGGg+viu4mSkSa/5rQvh8dB9vm0WeUlpL58sZgEUqRbc= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:5f8e:: with SMTP id b14mr1265302uaj.116.1600898898988; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:08:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5b32edd1-d526-c5f4-f085-faa1df825efc@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5b32edd1-d526-c5f4-f085-faa1df825efc@gmail.com> From: Jim McNamara Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:08:04 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is it possible to vnc into a linux guest? To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:08:21 -0000 On Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 5:12 PM Ren=C3=A9 Berber via Cygwin wrote: > On 9/23/2020 1:07 PM, Jim McNamara via Cygwin wrote: > > > I tried to use tigervnc to connect to a linux virtualbox guest from > cygwin. > > Those 3 things are independent, i.e. there's no VNC in Cygwin (OK there > is, but you don't need it... and installing an X server just for that is > overkill), and there's no VNC in a Linux virtualbox unless it is running > the VNC server. > I didn't know all this cool info. > It (the guest) is running the vnc server > I am not sure it is possible after many attempts. > > Of course its possible. You are just going at it the wrong way. > > > I did have ssh working and x forwarding of smallish APPS. > > Irrelevant. You don't need any of those. > Just follow the VNC guide, its simple, you need a client (tigerVNC -- > there's a version for Windows) and a server, then you need to know which > IP address and port to use, maybe open those ports on firewalls. > > R. Berber > Thanks R. Jim. :-) > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >