f9 vino problem

[Nicolae Ghimbovschi]

Let your machine be A and the remote machine be B.

Most likely you have firewall running on the machine A and is blocking
port 5901.
Test it by disabling firewall on machine A.
If that works then open port 5901.

2008/6/4 David L <idht4n at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Nicolae Ghimbovschi <xfreebird at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> 2008/6/4 David L <idht4n at gmail.com>:
>> I'm unable to get a vncviewer to connect to my f9 gnome desktop
>> using vncviewer after enabling remote viewing with vino-preferences.
>> I think I'm doing the same thing that worked in f8, but now on the
>> client side I get a "unable to connect to host: no route to host"
>> error.  Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> 1) Check the network connectivity to the remote host
>
> checked... have connectivity
>>
>> 2) Check that in the firewall rules port TCP 5900 is added
>
> firewall is disabled
>>
>> 3) Check again the vino preferences
>
> vino preferences double checked.  They are:
> Allow other users to connect to your desktop: true
> Allow other users to control your desktop: true
> Ask for your confirmation: false
> Require the user to enter this password: false
> Only allow local connections: false
> Use an alternative port: false
> Require encryption: false
> Lock screen on disconnect: false
> Only display an icon when someone is connected: true
>>
>> 4) vncviewer remote_host_ip:0
>>
>>    are you trying to connect in this way ?
>
> yes
>>
>> 5) If none above worked, it might be a SELinux issue
>
> SELinux is permissive.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>            David
>
>
>
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