[K12OSN] sshvnc

[Brian Chase]

I loaded K12LTSP 4.0.1 and installed it as a terminal server.  No 
configuration is needed on the Linux box after install, as the defaults 
activate VNC already.  The only thing needed is an accessible port 22 
that is forwarded to the LTSP box from your router and the IP address or 
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) that can bee seen from the internet 
and the following setup on the client, if a windows box.

I prefer TightVNC for my Windows box.

http://www.benjamin.weiss.name/putty-tunnel.html

I had better luck getting larger resolution by default using Windows XP 
on port 5900 rather than 5901, 2 or 3.  It works flawlessly, but I'd 
play around with the different "fast/best" compression clients to see 
what gives you better performance.  By the way, X works by default for 
local as well with K12LTSP 4.01.  You can get it at:

    ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/4.0.1/iso/


Regards,

Brian

Mark Gumprecht wrote:

> I'm trying to setup a sshvnc LTSP box for teachers and students to 
> access files from home. I'm using Derek Dresser's instructions.
> http://network.gouldacademy.org/misc/sshvnc/sshvnc.html   I have hit a 
> wall. I get "sshvnc failed to open a forwarding channel to 
> localhost:5901". It appears that the request is not spawning the vnc 
> server. If I manually setup a server with a password and then try to 
> connect, all I need is the extra password for the vnc server and it 
> will connect, but I still will not get a terminal window. I created 
> the vnc file in the xinetd.d directory, edited the sshvnc-applet.htm, 
> and created the vnc_inetd_httpd scriptfile in the etc/x11r6/bin 
> directory. I just can not seem to get passed this problem.
> Any pointers?
> Mark
>