On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 22:34 -0700, Stephen Walton wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > >On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 02:26, Johannes Christian wrote: > > > >>>Using vnc, I get past the vnc password but the screensaver password > >>>(ther user password) simply hangs. With ssh, after a long wait I do get > >>>the password prompt, but no response to the password. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > I hope I have the attributions correct. Is your server mounting other > filesystems via NFS? This is a classic symptom of an NFS server failing > to respond in my experience. > > >Is selinux enabled? I thought I saw some other messages > >about the recent update causing selinux to prevent vnc logins. > > > > > > > It turned out that this set of VNC problems was unrelated to selinux, > but was instead due to a recent security fix which broke VNC > authentication. In any event, that doesn't affect ssh, which the > original poster also says doesn't work. If you revert to the vnc-4.1.1-36.fc5 and vnc-server-4.1.1-36.fc5 RPMs, the authentication problem will go away. It's the -37 versions that are broken. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Millihelen, adj: The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
