VNC Problem
Gene Lapointe
gene at thelapointefamily.com
Wed Apr 4 02:00:10 UTC 2007
Here's another update.
First: It's running as a service and i have it configured
in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers and i can connect on the loopback.
Here's something that just happened in the past couple minutes. In
tightvnc (vista) if i just put in the ip and not :5902 it works, also if
i just put in the display number it works. If i sent you the ip,could
you try to connect?
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 19:50 -0600, David G. Miller wrote:
> "Gene Lapointe" <gene at thelapointefamily.com> wrote:
>
> > I followed your instructions and tried from a machine within the local
> > network with the same failed to connect to server message. I also
> > had shut the firewall completely off.
> OK. Let's try to get this down to as simple as possible. What happens
> if you start vncserver on your Fedora box terminal session (Applications
> -> Accessories -> Terminal) with something like:
>
> vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x1024
>
> The startup script will background the server and you'll get a command
> prompt back. Start the server as a regular user.
>
> Once the server is started enter the following in the same terminal window:
>
> vncviewer -FullColor -geometry 1280x1024 127.0.0.1:1
>
> This starts a vnc session that is strictly local using the loopback
> interface. If this works it means that your vncserver setup is good and
> the problem lies elsewhere. If it doesn't work, the server isn't
> starting. This should also work if you substitute the the IP address or
> hostname of your Fedora box.
>
> BTW, how are you starting your VNC server? I usually fire things up as
> described above since I'm the only user. If you start the server
> through the /etc/init.d script (i.e., you enable the service through the
> "Services" application), you'll need to add any users to
> /etc/sysconfig/vncserver. The file has comments that explain how to add
> users.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
> P.S. Sorry about the delay getting back to you. My wife and I took a
> day off to do some skiing before the season ends. You can't beat
> mid-week skiing: no crowds, no lift lines.
>
> --
> Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
> -- Ambrose Bierce
>
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