[F8] Setting up VNC

[John Summerfield]

Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> I guess I am really having a hard time setting up VNC on
> F8 as I had successfully done on FC4.
> 
> I had followed the notes contained in this link:
> _http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-March/049889.html
> 
> Seems that I am was able to connect to the vnc-server sockets
> but then after a time, I started getting a Tight-Vnc error:
> 
> ReadExact: Socket error while reading.
> 
> The reason I liked this specific setup was that I was able to choose
> the specific screen sizes I'd like and that this Vnc server was always
> available as sockets.
> 
> I did try to use the VncServer setup 'out of the box' but I was having
> problems figuring how to make it work so I went back to the way I
> did it on FC4.
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations as to the proper way
> to set up VNC servers for F8?
1. stick to realvnc. tightvnc collapses when switching to/from 
fullscreen (several distros) (I forget which direction).
2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to taste. The 2 in VNCSERVERARGS[2] is 
the screen number (2) in VNCSERVERS="2:myusername"

More generally, to find configuration files
  rpm -qc <package>
and documentation
  rpm -qd <package>
and for more rpm magic
  rpm -qd rpm

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Cheers
John

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