VNC not working

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 11:50, kenwardc wrote:
> Hi Wade
>
> Nope! Got in using telnet. Went to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and manually
> started the service. Said OK. Went to vnc viewer and instantly got the
> "Failed..." message again. Had a look at firewall and all seems fine
> in the log.

I never start vncserver as service. So elaborating what Wade was saying:

1. login to box as your own user
2. Type 'vncserver' and put in new password for VNC session when asked. It 
will then tell you the X display number for that session, assuming you're the 
first one who tried vncserver in your box, it will be 1

3. From another machine that has vncviewer, point the viewer to
<your vnc_server IP>:1
put in password.

HTH

RDB

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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN

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