[K12OSN] vnc changes ?

[norbert]

eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, norbert wrote:
>
>> Hi ,
>>
>> Has there been any major changes to vnc in 4.1.1 & 4.2 ? Since the
>> upgrade from 4.0.1 to 4.1.1 I can't get vnc to work.
>> message
>> main:        unable to connect to host: Connection refused (111)
>> Whereas in 4.0.1 it worked fine??? Is there some new configuration
>> parameters?
>
>
> Nope, no changes.
>
> There is not much to it. Here are a few things to check:
>
> * Make sure /etc/xinetd.d/vnc exists
>
> * Make sure /usr/bin/Xvnc exists
>
> * Make sure the vnc entries are in /etc/services:
>
>    $ grep vnc /etc/services
>     vnc-1024x768x16 5900/tcp
>     vnc-800x600x16  5901/tcp
>     vnc-640x480x16  5902/tcp
>     vnc-1024x768x8  5903/tcp
>     vnc-800x600x8   5904/tcp
>     vnc-640x480x8   5905/tcp
>
> * Make sure xinetd is running:
>
>    /sbin/chkconfig xinetd on
>    /sbin/service xinetd restart
>
> * If you are connecting from the external network,
>   make sure your firewall rules allow ports 5900-5905
>
>
> -Eric
>
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Hi Eric,

Thanks, Seems that during the upgrade /etc/vnc was changed to 
/etc/vnc.rpmsave without being replaced. However there is another file 
that is identical to /etc/vnc called /etc/vncts .
But by changing vnc.rpmsave to just vnc it works fine.

norbert