Changes between Version 37 and Version 38 of vnc3d

Timestamp:

04/19/16 18:59:24 (8 years ago)

Author:

Jens Henrik Goebbert

Comment:

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vnc3d

@@ -64 +64 @@
 ==== ok, what do I have to do?
 Using VNC requires three general steps.
-1. '''Start a VNC server''' on a JURECA node.
-2. '''Tunnel VNC traffic''' to your workstation.
-3. '''Start a VNC viewer''' on your workstation and connect to the VNC server.
+1. '''Prepare your account''' on a JURECAVIS node.
+2. '''Start a VNC server''' on a JURECA node.
+3. '''Tunnel VNC traffic''' to your workstation.
+4. '''Start a VNC viewer''' on your workstation and connect to the VNC server.
 
 \\
-=== 1. Start VNC server ...
+=== 1. Prepare your account ...
+Before you use VNC '''for the first time''' you have to prepare your account:
+* login to a JURECAVIS node
+* create the directory ~/.vnc
+* define VNC password
+{{{ #!sh
+ssh <USERID>@jurecavis.fz-juelich.de
+mkdir ~/.vnc
+vncpasswd
+}}}
+
+\\
+=== 2. Start VNC server ...
 The following steps are necessary to start a VNC server on JURECA. \\
 Please notice that you have two general options:
@@ -80 +93 @@
  * + system is not shared (exclusive use)
  * -- access through batch system
+
+
 
 In case the VNC server could successfully be started (details in 1a,b), you will find a simular line in the output:
@@ -144 +159 @@
 
 
-=== 2. Tunnel VNC traffic to workstation
+=== 3. Tunnel VNC traffic to workstation
 Now you have to open an SSH tunnel from your workstation to node on which your VNC server is running. \\
 The steps to be done depend strongly on your operating system and your setup.
@@ -169 +184 @@
 
 
-=== 3. Start a VNC viewer and connect
+=== 4. Start a VNC viewer and connect
 If you are using Linux, a VNC viewer typically is already part of the distribution or can be installed from a repository. \\ For Windows, a VNC viewer can be downloaded for example [http://sourceforge.net/projects/turbovnc/files/ here].
 
@@ -176 +191 @@
 vncviewer localhost:1
 }}}
-After typing in your VNC password, you will have access to the remote graphical desktop running on the visualization node of JURECA.
+After typing in your VNC password (defined in step 1), you will have access to the remote graphical desktop running on the visualization node of JURECA.
 
 === Use hardware acceleration in your VNC session