Re: VNC Problem

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On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 19:32 -0600, David G. Miller wrote:
> Gene Lapointe" <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >   
> Just making sure.  How about the firewall on the Fedora machine?  If 
> nothing else, try doing a "service iptables stop" on the Fedora box 
> until you get things working. 
> 
> Any chance of trying to get vnc working from a system inside your 
> router/firewall first?  I always like to minimize the number of unknowns 
> when something isn't working the way I'd expect.
> >> > If you want the remote desktop to look like a console login, you'll need 
> >> > something like the following:
> >> > 
> >> > [dave@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.
> >   
> My xstartup may have been carried forward from a previous release.  
> Seems to work fine though.  The main thing is to comment out the 
> xsetroot, vncconfig, and xterm entries.  These won't affect just getting 
> things working but the default is minimal. 
> 
Ok, we're getting somewhere.  /etc/vnc/xstartup doesn't exist.
> You might want to check that /etc/vnc/xstartup exists and is executable 
> by your VNC user (none of my systems with vnc-server installed have that 
> file).  If not, try using the relevant portion of the .vnc/xstartup I 
> provided instead.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
> -- 
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> -- Ambrose Bierce
> 


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