x0vncserver HowTo

Jamie Bohr jamiebohr at gmail.com
Fri Nov 17 23:31:53 UTC 2006


Another silly question: where do I put x0vncserver so it will start up when
a user logs into KDE and/or gnome and die when they log out?

- Jamie

On 11/17/06, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting,  I don't know VNC very well I guess.  The help section of
> x0vncserver (x0vncserver -h) says 5998 is the default.  I tried that, I did
> not realize I needed to add a double colon (hostname::port).  I was using a
> single colon.  Completely my fault.
>
> On 11/17/06, William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Jamie Bohr wrote:
> > > After logging into X (KDE) I start x0vncserver.  I tried several
> > options
> > > (-display=:0) but none seem to resolve my issue.  From a remote (or
> > the
> > > local system) I try to connect to the server using vncviewer
> > hostname:0, I
> > >  get Connection refused.  I can telnet hostname 5998 and get a
> > responce.
> > > I
> > > have googled around and found nothing.  I am missing something just
> > not
> > > sure what?  How do I connect to a VNC server?
> >
> > Port 5998 is non-standard for VNC.  You would have to specify the port
> > rather than a display number.  For example:
> >
> > vncviewer hostname::5998
> >
> > > I am finding I can not connect to any VNC session (not even :1 after
> > > starting it) yet I can telnet to the port.  Any input would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > Do you have a firewall enabled?  Have you looked at the vnc log file to
> > verify it started?  Can you telnet to port 5901?
> >
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