Ok, so on fedoraforum.org, i was told to spit out the results of iptables -L so here it is. Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp any ACCEPT esp -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT ah -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 224.0.0.251 udp dpt:mdns ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:ipp ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ipp ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:ftp ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:smtp ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:ssh ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:https ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:http ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:vnc1024 ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:5902 ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:60851 ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW udp dpt:60851 ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:imap ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:pop3 ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW udp dpt:xdmcp REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited I was also told to try to connect tcpdump port 5902 to see if anythings getting there. but it showed nothing. On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 10:28 -0400, Gene Lapointe wrote: > I followed your instructions and tried from a machine within the local > network with the same failed to connect to server message. I also had > shut the firewall completely off. > > > > Gene Lapointe" <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > > If /etc/vnc/xstartup doesn't exist, [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec > > /etc/vnc/xstartup will fail and vnc won't work. Try converting your > > .vnc/xstartup to use exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. I've included my > > .vnc/xstartup below if you just want to drop a copy into ~/.vnc on > one > > of your systems to see if it works for you. > >>> > 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 > > ~/.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 > > > > > > -- > > Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of > principles. > > -- Ambrose Bierce > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- > Gene Lapointe > gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
