Re: [F8] Setting up VNC

Daniel B. Thurman wrote:

John Summerfield wrote:

This is mine.
[summer@potoroo ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/vncservers | grep ^V
VNCSERVERS="66:root 3:summer"
VNCSERVERARGS[3]="-geometry 1280x1024"
VNCSERVERARGS[66]="-geometry 1280x1024"
[summer@potoroo ~]$

It works fine, I've done quite a bit logged in (from an SL5 system) as root (using KDE), and I've just verified that logging in as summer(twm) works.

To try with KDE:
[root@potoroo ~]# cat .vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
exec startkde
twm &
[root@potoroo ~]#

I have, for xstartup:
================================================================
#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
twm &
================================================================

I have for /etc/sysconfig/vncserver:
================================================================
VNCSERVERS="66:root 3:dant"
VNCSERVERARGS[3]="-geometry 1280x1024"
VNCSERVERARGS[66]="-geometry 1280x1024"
================================================================

My vnc logs  show:
================================================================
Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.2
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 10300000, The X.Org Foundation


Thu Dec 13 08:04:47 2007
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5903
 vncext:      Listening for HTTP connections on port 5803
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
================================================================

1) Why am I getting the unix/:7100 error and what is "nil2" ?

a) unimportant
b) A warning.

   Is this a problem?

Probably not.

2) When I try to connect using vncviewer on my windows box and
   use the entry: linux:5903:3, I get the error:
   Failed to connect to server: linux:3

3) Is it possible that I am being firewalled blocked or something?

It's probable.

One other thing.  Since I had a heckuva time trying to figure out
how to open the vnc ports using iptables, I opted to use the
firestarter package and open the vnc ports there.  I hope this

I've never used firestarter, I do use shorewall.

program does not conflict with the iptables firewall.  I have used
this program in FC4 and it worked like a charm.

Who are the other users on your LAN?




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Cheers
John

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