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Use an eMac running Tiger via VNC

68kMLA Software 23 posts Aug 5, 2008 to Dec 19, 2009

#1 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 05:34 68kMLA

I'm super bored and I have no other use for this eMac right now.

So why not let people log into it with VNC and mess around with OS X?

75.17.80.165

port 5901 (display 1)

No password. Don't do anything illegal. I can see everything you do since it's in my living room.

#2 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 05:43 68kMLA

To view this page, you need to log in to area “Generic Platform Web 0” on 75.17.80.165

#3 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 05:53 68kMLA

To view this page, you need to log in to area “Generic Platform Web 0” on 75.17.80.165

It's a VNC server. You need to use a VNC client and the port specified.

#4 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 06:57 68kMLA

Hmm... I can't connect through any client I try.

#5 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 07:40 68kMLA

I think if someone else is on it you may not connect. So try again later.

#6 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 10:14 68kMLA

The eMac is down for the night. The server kept crashing anyway. I'll try another server tomorrow.

#7 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 13:09 68kMLA

This is neat, I need to install a VNC client on my machine first. There needs to be more things like this.

#8 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 - 23:53 68kMLA

Apparently Vine Server has a monopoly on suitable VNC servers for Mac OS X. So I put it back online with Vine Server, we'll see if it crashes again.

#9 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 - 00:10 68kMLA

In 10.4 and 10.5 there is a VNC server built in. Go to system prefs, Sharing, and I believe you can enable it in the options for Apple Remote Desktop.

#10 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 - 00:19 68kMLA

In 10.4 and 10.5 there is a VNC server built in. Go to system prefs, Sharing, and I believe you can enable it in the options for Apple Remote Desktop.

You must define a password. I wanted there to be no password. Also, that server doesn't work with some clients/settings.

#11 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 - 00:24 68kMLA

You could make a simple password like 1211 or 0000

#12 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 - 06:24 68kMLA

Just connected on my iPhone, couldnt click any thing. May be because of the iPhone. Then i got disconnected.

Looked fun.

#13 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 - 11:29 68kMLA

You could make a simple password like 1211 or 0000

I might have to, because even running in user mode (not root mode like before) the Vine Server process keeps freezing up. What a crappy software that can't even take a few connections at a time.

#14 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 02:04 68kMLA

This was so cool. Thank you Mr. Richardson!

#15 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 02:16 68kMLA

That's awesome! Thanks!

#16 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 09:55 68kMLA

It's running solidly now. Feel free to log on. I'll leave it up probably for a while. I don't have any use for the eMac right now.

It's a 1.42 GHz, the fastest eMac made. Only 512 MB of RAM right now but I want to get it up to 1 GB.

#17 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 18:26 68kMLA

I logged on with Chicken Of The VNC, but since I'm using an Hackintosh, the keyboard was messed up and when I tried making a folder, it made quite a few folder copies.

#18 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 18:36 68kMLA

Heh.

I was going to say "Hello from QuadSix50" in TextEdit, but I was getting strange characters for some reason. Don't know if it was on my end using Remote Desktop Viewer in Ubuntu or if something was changed on the Mac.

#19 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 - 19:42 68kMLA

I remote into machines all day long.

Is this really something new for you guys?

Not trying to be a killjoy, just asking.

#20 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 - 23:24 68kMLA

I remote into machines all day long.
Is this really something new for you guys?

Not trying to be a killjoy, just asking.

So do I, but it was one way to waste away a few minutes of my life while at work.

#21 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 - 23:56 68kMLA

I was told it was refused.

#22 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 - 18:19 68kMLA

http://freewebcontents.blogspot.com/2009/11/keyboard-mouse-freezes-on-ubuntu-910.html

#23 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 - 20:10 68kMLA

Vine Server (formerly OSXvnc) is nice in that it allows multiple VNC sessions to be open simultaneously. Use Fast User Switching, and launch Vine Server in each user. Each user has a different port, so you can remote in as different users, without interrupting the local user.

I used to do this when my wife used our eMac as her primary machine, but the machine also had all our home business info on it. I just left the home business user logged in with OSXvnc running, and would remote in. Unless I tried to do something CPU-intensive, she didn't even know I was connected.