[Tutorial] How to Install Remote Desktop ( RDP ) on Centos vps

[accyuklad]

cento 6

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cento 5 worked

[LEVAC109]

There's some major change in CentOS 6 regarding virtualization. They even stopped XEN support. :\

[Tele]

use ssh type this command

for Centos 6

1.yum install nano
2. nano /etc/inittab

change this setting

cat /etc/inittab
...
id:5:initdefault:

3.ctrl + o - to save
4. Reboot your vps - gnome should be loading and vnc server also

[LEVAC109]

Or, you can also use vi

vi /etc/inittab

Press Insert to start editing and press Esc to end.

Then type the following to save:

:wq

[masterb56]

hmm nice tuto,

i recommend vncserver , if you want to access it as rdp

yum install vnc-server

VNC sucks with copy-paste whichever client I use so I don't recommend it.

@ accyuklad

There seems to be something wrong with "GNOME Desktop Environment" group package on Centos 6, try this:

yum groupinstall "Desktop Platform"
yum install @basic-desktop

Although I like it more than on Centos 5, cross copy paste with Windows is much easier

[raime]

I follow the procedure from step 1 to 3, but after updating yum... my yum not working

How to re-install yum, please help...

OS: CentOS 5 (64-bit)

[mak23101991]

i got this error on step 3
can any one help?

# yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment' 'X Window System'
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...h=i386&repo=os error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'mirrorlist.centos.org'"
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base

[DataJihad]

Great guide! I plan to purchase a dedicated server soon, on CentOS 6.2 x64

I will certainly try this.

Best regards!

[mrsukh]

he is what i was looking for thanks mate

[sigex]

Hi, I've done everything in this guide. No error messages. When I go to log in using root and root password with the Nx Client It was failing. It would connect and say downloading stuff.

Then it started to work a bit better, I get to the screen with Nx logo, but it just closes with out any reason why. Wtf? I'm using a myhosting vps. I have a paralles control panel and putty. I've restarted the server to see if it helps my Nx configuration is ok

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i got this error on step 3
can any one help?

# yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment' 'X Window System'
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...h=i386&repo=os error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'mirrorlist.centos.org'"
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base

Can't resolve host, no internet connection?