Thanks Ed; On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 08:34 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > William Case wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 06:00 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > First of all.... Why not try something "simple" by dumping the > VNCSERVERARGS line since it may confuse things since "nolisten tcp" > prevents X connections to your VNC server via TCP and -localhost will > prevent remote VNC clients connecting except when doing so through a > secure tunnel. I have commented out VNCSERVERARGS line. It may make things simpler, but just about every site I consulted today plus the man pages suggested I needed it. That's my defence, and I'm sticking to it -- your right about making things simpler at the start but no one tells one that it isn't absolutely needed. > > [FAILED] > > ]# vncviewer (I get a screen asking for VNC server but no answer > > satisfies. Tried name/address (192.168.1.7) of other machine and get -- > > main: unable connect to socket: No route to host (113)) > > > Don't forget that the format of vncviewer is "vncviewer [options] > [host][:display#]" > ]# vncviewer localhost:0 -- gave me a screen on display 0 -- once, then no more. From there I tried various combinations of localhost, address, and bill, and :0 & :1. hostname is CASE so I tried that too. bill is user name and host alias, nada. Not surprising. Because my vncserver wasn't running. > So, if you started vncserver using VNCSERVERS="1:bill" and you start > vncviewer on the same machine with no parameters you'd use.... "localhost:1" > ]$ service vncserver status Xvnc is stopped root]# service vncserver start Starting VNC server: 1:bill [FAILED] user]$ service vncserver start Starting VNC server: 1:bill runuser: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted [FAILED] I even restarted just to clear out the cobwebs. > Remember that if you are connecting from a remote host you'll need to > change your firewall settings assuming you are running a firewall. > Firewall has been changed. I can have another go at it, but the error seems to be at my vncserver level first. Probably SELinux. My frustration level is getting too high for now. A good drink and a sleep and I'll try again in the morning. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- Regards Bill Fedora 12, Gnome 2.28 Evo.2.28, Emacs 23.1.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines