Teamviewer Support Experiences?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Sounds like they are not supporting virtualized hosts.
That pretty much makes them a toy not to be taken seriously. Who needs physical only tools today?
And exactly what makes it work on a physical machine but not a VM?
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Indeed.
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Maybe it is a language barrier thing and they are using X-Server to mean X Server and have confused the role of X Server and X Client because the X Client is what would be running on the server and the X Server is what runs on the workstation that you are trying to access it from. There should be no X Server involved in this transaction whatsoever since TeamViewer, in theory, would only have an X Client to talk to.
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This is not good. Anyone use Teamviewer here and can tell us if it works well Virtualized?
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@Reid-Cooper said:
Maybe it is a language barrier thing and they are using X-Server to mean X Server and have confused the role of X Server and X Client because the X Client is what would be running on the server and the X Server is what runs on the workstation that you are trying to access it from. There should be no X Server involved in this transaction whatsoever since TeamViewer, in theory, would only have an X Client to talk to.
Also, their point about it not working on virtual machines and only physical is moot considering I have two Windows VMs it runs just fine on.
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@Minion-Queen said:
This is not good. Anyone use Teamviewer here and can tell us if it works well Virtualized?
It works fine on Windows virtualized.
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@thanksaj said:
Also, their point about it not working on virtual machines and only physical is moot considering I have two Windows VMs it runs just fine on.
That raises support concerns.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
Also, their point about it not working on virtual machines and only physical is moot considering I have two Windows VMs it runs just fine on.
That raises support concerns.
Yes, true.
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This was my response to Teamviewer:
Can you please clarify why it is you don't support virtual servers? To me this seems like a cop-out answer, as virtualization is the standard and has been for nearly a decade. How can Teamviewer be considered a serious product on the market if it doesn't work with virtual servers? I have TWO Windows VMs that Teamviewer runs just fine on. The only difference between those machines and these two are Windows vs. Linux and Windows has a GUI while these are CLI-only. Please clarify further.
Thanks,
A.J. Stringham -
I think that I just figured out the problem. These are CLI only? No X Client installed. There is nothing for TeamViewer to see.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I think that I just figured out the problem. These are CLI only? No X Client installed. There is nothing for TeamViewer to see.
Ok, so what? Am I supposed to install a GUI into these?
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@thanksaj said:
Ok, so what? Am I supposed to install a GUI into these?
Yes, TeamViewer is a remote GUI viewer. Without a GUI what are you expecting TeamViewer to even do? What would it show, a blank page? Without a GUI there is literally nothing for TeamViewer to attach to and show to you remotely.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
Ok, so what? Am I supposed to install a GUI into these?
Yes, TeamViewer is a remote GUI viewer. Without a GUI what are you expecting TeamViewer to even do? What would it show, a blank page? Without a GUI there is literally nothing for TeamViewer to attach to and show to you remotely.
Exactly - you should be using SSH to connect to a command line, not TeamViewer.
