VNC and GDM...

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

Rick,

There was a change in VNC 4 that broke configurations copied from RH9 
and earlier. Check your xinetd.d files. You probably need to add the 
"-securitytypes none" argument. See the end of this sample file:

[root at server2 xinetd.d]# more vnc-hires
service vnc-hires
{
         disable         = no
         socket_type     = stream
         protocol        = tcp
         wait            = no
         user            = nobody
         server          = /usr/bin/Xvnc
         server_args     = :4 -inetd -query 192.168.0.3 -geometry 
1280x1024 -depth 24 -once -fp unix/:7100 -securitytypes none
}


- Mike


Rick Grashel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm wondering if someone can help me.  I have been trying for quite a 
> long time now to get a GDM login screen on FC1 through a remove 
> vncviewer (such as "vncviewer <hostname>").  I had this working 
> perfectly on RH8 and RH9.  On FC1, I have tried all the steps that I 
> have found dozens of times, yet this still does not work.
> 
> Currenlty, I have vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.3.2 and vnc-4.0-0.beta4.3.2 
> installed.  I have the correct entires in my gdm.conf.  I have the 
> correct entries in my /etc/services, and I have the correct service in 
> /etc/xinetd.d.  When I pull up the vncviewer, the vncviewer prompts me 
> for a password instead of just giving me the gdm login prompt.
> 
> If possible, can someone post the steps that they used to allow remote 
> logins with GDM through a VNC connection?  Either I missed something, or 
> this is broke.  Many thanks!
> 
> -- Rick