Remote Pairing Setup Guide

This is the setup we use in the OBS team when pairing with people in different locations. This setup is for openSUSE.

Voice Communication

We use Mumble to communicate.

• Install with zypper install mumble
• Connect to Mumble server

Screen Sharing

We use VNC to share our screens.

VNC Client

• Install with zypper install tigervnc
• Connect to VNC server with vncviewer IP
• Stop the VNC client with CTRL+C

VNC Server

• Install with zypper install x11vncserver
• Setup password for clients to connect to your VNC server with x11vnc -storepasswd
• Launch the VNC server
  • with client interactions x11vnc -forever -repeat -shared -clip xinerama1 -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd
  • without client interactions x11vnc -forever -repeat -shared -clip xinerama1 -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd -viewonly
• Share your public IP to clients ip addr show (the inet field of the network interface you are using... don't forget to take your VPN into account if you use one)
• Stop the VNC server with CTRL+C