VNC User Guide - RealVNC

Chapter 6: Setting Up VNC Server
The VNC Server dialog opens:
(In this picture, VNC Server is running in Service Mode.)
The VNC Server dialog is the gateway to VNC Server and all its features. More on this dialog.
Click the Hide button to minimize the VNC Server dialog but keep VNC Server running in the background.
To access the dialog again, double-click the VNC Server icon in the Notification area. More on this icon.
To see how to explicitly stop VNC Server, or to learn why VNC Server might stop automatically, read
Stopping VNC Server on page 95.
UNIX/Linux
VNC Server can start in User Mode, in Virtual Mode, or both, as many times as your license permits. For
more information on these modes, which you might want to use, and why you might want to run more than
one instance of VNC Server, see Running multiple instances of VNC Server on page 78.
Note: VNC Server can also start in Service Mode, as soon as the host computer boots, and irrespective of
whether or not a host computer user is logged on. For more information on this mode in this release, visit
www.realvnc.com/products/vnc/documentation/latest/misc/reference/vncserver-x11-serviced.
To start VNC Server:
• In User Mode, either:
— Select Applications > Internet > VNC Server (User Mode) from the menu system, if available.
— Run the command vncserver-x11 in a Terminal window, and press the ENTER key. Note you
should not do this as a user with administrative privileges.
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