VNC User Guide - RealVNC

Chapter 6: Setting Up VNC Server
The VNC Server dialog opens:
The VNC Server dialog is the gateway to VNC Server in User Mode and all its features. More on this
dialog.
Under most versions of UNIX and Linux, you can click the Hide button to minimize the VNC Server
dialog but keep VNC Server in User Mode running in the background. To access the dialog again, click
the VNC Server icon in the Notification Area. More on this icon.
• In Virtual Mode, run the command vncserver-virtual in a Terminal window, and press the ENTER
key. Note you should not do this as a user with administrative privileges. A message ending with text
similar to the following appears:
New desktop is johndoe:1 (192.168.0.187:1)
This operation starts VNC Server in Virtual Mode attached to a virtual desktop, detached from the
monitor, and independent of the console. This means that no VNC Server icon and VNC Server dialog
comparable to those found in User Mode can be displayed. To see how to work with VNC Server in this
mode, read Working with VNC Server in Virtual Mode on page 77.
A virtual desktop is assigned an X Server session number corresponding to the port on which VNC
Server is listening for connection requests. In the example above, this is session number 1,
corresponding to port 5901. For more information on ports, see Configuring ports on page 88.
To see how to explicitly stop VNC Server, or to learn why VNC Server might stop automatically, read
Stopping VNC Server on page 95.
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