[K12OSN] Re: fl_teachertool can't broadcast on k12 6

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 2/18/07, Peter Scheie <petre at maltzen.net> wrote:
> fl_teachertool 0.41 on my K12LTSP 6 system can't broadcast to clients.
> Monitoring works, as does lock (invoke screensaver).  I've enabled
> X4_MODULE_02 = vnc in lts.conf and rebooted the clients. This happens
> whether I run it as root or as a user who's been given permission via
> sudoers.  When I call fl_tt from a command line and try to broadcast, I
> see errors like this:
>
> /usr/sbin/teachertool-vncviewer: ConnetctToTcpAddr: connect: Connection
> refused
> Unable to connect to VNC server
>
> If I run nmap against a client, it shows there is a listener on port
> 5900.  I copied the .vnc directory from root's home directory to
> /opt/ltsp/i386/root/.  I'm stumped as to why the connections are being
> refused.  Anyone have any ideas?
>

Copying .vnc dir to /opt tree is for Control/Monitor. For broadcast
you need two other packages.

teachertool-tightvnc (which it looks like you already have)
vncreflector (I noticed Eric has named it vnc-reflector in 6.0 repo)

make sure you have installed these.

-- 
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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