Tag Archives: Linux

Debian: How to access VNC remote desktop in web browser

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noVNC
1) Install vncserver

apt-get install vnc4server

2) Set password using vncpasswd
3) Launch vncserver

vncserver :1

3) Install Git

apt-get install git

4) Get noVNC

git clone git://github.com/kanaka/noVNC

5) Launch noVNC

cd noVNC
./utils/launch.sh --vnc <ipaddress>:<VNC port>

In my case

./utils/launch.sh --vnc 10.10.9.18:5901

6) At this point, you can open up a web browser, and navigate to the URL shown in the output of the last command (e.g., http://10.10.9.18:6080/vnc.html?host=10.10.9.18&port=6080).

Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS (and CentOS 7) booting into black console

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BlackScreenOnUbuntu14.04Yesterday I installed Ubuntu Server 14.04 on my machine (D2500 board with integrated graphics): after finishing install and rebooting the monitor does not get a signal and goes into standby right after boot process end.
Oss.: BIOS was displayed normally !

Situation
1) Monitor in Standby
2) SSH available
3) System booted “correctly” (except graphics)

I get this error in /var/log/syslog

[drm:cdv_intel_dp_i2c_aux_ch] *ERROR* too many retries, giving up

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Install & configure Burp backup solution on Debian 7

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Burping babyI love Bacula, really, a lot !
In my company we use it to backup all the server (Linux & Windows) inside the LAN !
However, it has a big drawback: when the client-server connection drops backup process starts over again.
For this reason it is almost impossible to use Bacula in backup process via WAN and with large amount of files.

Att.: The Bacula commercial version, however, has the ability to continue interrupted backups, and other very interesting stuff.

For this reason we started a long time to use for backup via WAN Burp, an open source backup solution that has the ability to continue interrupted backups. Continue reading →