Sorry for the double reply, I just brought out my laptop, and even within my network it says failed to connect to the server. 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. > > 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 > > -- > Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. > -- Ambrose Bierce >
