Enabling VNC

[Volker Kindermann]

> [jlconlin at localhost .vnc]$ netstat -na | grep LISTEN
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5801            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5901            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:6001            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN


> I don't understand all of this but it looks like it is listening on 
> port 5901 from the 4th line.
> What next?

ok, the above output shows that the server is really running and listening for incoming connections.

Now you should be able to contact the machine like other have told you with the command:

vncviewer <ip_of_server>:1


If this don't work, please test the functionality local on the linux machine by trying to connect to itself. Open a terminal window and type:

vncviewer localhost:1

If this works, the problem is on the network, e.g. firewall.

But please try first the local call of the vncserver.


 -volker