Set Up VNC remote access on Linux Mint 17

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VNC remote access allows one to view remotely and interact with real x displays on Linux box (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse), and using windows, linux, mac or any other operating system SO where exist a vnc viewer.
To access in Linux Mint I prefer x11vnc instead of the default Vino server or other package.

apt-get remove vino
apt-get install x11vnc
x11vnc -usepw
Enter VNC password:
Verify password:

Write password to /home/yourusername/.vnc/passwd? [y]/n y

Now to configure x11vnc to start automagically at boot startup create and edit /etc/init/x11vnc.conf

# description "Start x11vnc at boot"

description "x11vnc"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [^2345]

console log

respawn
respawn limit 20 5
exec /usr/bin/x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/[USERNAME]/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared

Att. Change [USERNAME] with a valid username

Voilà…… that’s all.

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