VNC Problem

[David G. Miller]

"Gene Lapointe" <gene at thelapointefamily.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to get vnc-server working, but can't seem to get there.  
> Whenever i try to connect from a remote windows machine, i get failed 
> to connect to server.  If needed, I can post any config files needed.  
> I've searched everywhere and haven't found a thing. Thanks in advance.
> -- Gene Lapointe
Make sure your firewall rules allow a connection from port 590x (x = the 
VNC server running so 5901 for the first one).

If you want the remote desktop to look like a console login, you'll need 
something like the following:

[dave at 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

The default is very simple and ugly (the comment lines above are the 
default).

Cheers,
Dave

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