VNC Problem
Gene Lapointe
gene at thelapointefamily.com
Tue Apr 3 01:05:44 UTC 2007
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 18:47 -0600, David G. Miller wrote:
> "Gene Lapointe" <gene at thelapointefamily.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to get vnc-server working, but can't seem to get there.
> > Whenever i try to connect from a remote windows machine, i get failed
> > to connect to server. If needed, I can post any config files needed.
> > I've searched everywhere and haven't found a thing. Thanks in advance.
> > -- Gene Lapointe
> Make sure your firewall rules allow a connection from port 590x (x = the
> VNC server running so 5901 for the first one).
I have the firewall set up to accept connections on 5900-5905 and I have the ports forwarded to my fedora machine on my router.
> If you want the remote desktop to look like a console login, you'll need
> something like the following:
>
> [dave at fraud ~]# cat .vnc/xstartup
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
> unset SESSION_MANAGER
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
> [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> # xsetroot -solid grey
> # vncconfig -iconic &
> # xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
> gnome-session
In my xstartup file, i also had this line
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup.
>
> The default is very simple and ugly (the comment lines above are the
> default).
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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> -- Ambrose Bierce
>
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