[gentoo-user] vnc

[gentoo-user] vnc

[Mark]

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I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC server,
but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the outside,
despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I went through
the instructions twice, and everything is as listed. Anybody know if there
are some common mistakes made not mentioned in the article that I might
check for? Alternatively, is there a better solution for remote access to my
Gentoo box I should be looking at? Thanks!

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Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:10:55 -0500
Mark <whitetr6@gmail.com> wrote:

> I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC server,
> but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the outside,
> despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I went through
> the instructions twice, and everything is as listed. Anybody know if there
> are some common mistakes made not mentioned in the article that I might
> check for? Alternatively, is there a better solution for remote access to my
> Gentoo box I should be looking at? Thanks!
> 
> --
> Mark
> [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]
> 


well what sort error are you getting?

is there anything running on the vnc ports? (5800+, 5900+)
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Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

[Digby Tarvin]

For remote access over the public Internet I usually use ssh. With the
'-X' option it gives you secure encrypted port forwarding to your
local X server, which appart from a speed hit is functionally pretty
close to having a directly connected X terminal.

Of course if you are trying to connect from a Windose or other non-X
system, then VNC is probably what you need.

Regards,
DigbyT

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 09:28:15PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:10:55 -0500
> Mark <whitetr6@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC server,
> > but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the outside,
> > despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I went through
> > the instructions twice, and everything is as listed. Anybody know if there
> > are some common mistakes made not mentioned in the article that I might
> > check for? Alternatively, is there a better solution for remote access to my
> > Gentoo box I should be looking at? Thanks!
> > 
> > --
> > Mark
> > [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]
> > 
> 
> 
> well what sort error are you getting?
> 
> is there anything running on the vnc ports? (5800+, 5900+)
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Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

[Ralf Fischer]

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Hi there!

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 01:05:16PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> Of course if you are trying to connect from a Windose or other non-X
> system, then VNC is probably what you need.

Alternatively to VNC there's XLiveCD [1] out there. It's a Cygwin [2] based
disk you can put into your W32 box, the autorun(tm) feature offers to
either install it on the disk or run it from the disk. 

Like Cygwin it includes basic utilities, as well as xterm and a
X-Server, which integrates in windows.

For me, up to know, it worked perfectly out of the box.

Cheers,
  Ralf

[1] http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/
[2] http://www.cygwin.com/

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Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

[John Jolet]

first make sure vnc is actually running and listening.  when you start the 
server, it should tell you what address and X display offset it's using.  
Make sure with netstat -a that it really is listening there.  Second, are you 
running iptables on that box?  as a quick test, if you are, shut down 
iptables and see if you can see it.
On Sunday 23 October 2005 18:10, Mark wrote:
> I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC
> server, but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the
> outside, despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I
> went through the instructions twice, and everything is as listed. Anybody
> know if there are some common mistakes made not mentioned in the article
> that I might check for? Alternatively, is there a better solution for
> remote access to my Gentoo box I should be looking at? Thanks!
>
> --
> Mark
> [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]

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Re: [gentoo-user] vnc

[Mark Shields]

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Vnc (I've only dealt with tightvnc, can't speak for others) is pretty easy
to use/start. After you've emerged tightvnc, simply type xvncserver :1
-geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 from a shell and it will setup a vnc server.
>From there you can use a vnc client to connect to the server, using this
format: <IP address of server>:1 --- the colon is important as it denoted
screen 1. Once you connect to that it will give you a vnc desktop running at
a 1024x768 resolution with a 24-bit color depth. By default, tightvnc
(Gentoo-specific?) uses twm as the window manager, but you can easily change
this to use gnome, kde, or virtually any other window manager/desktop
environment by editing ~/.vnc/xstartup

On 10/24/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:
>
> first make sure vnc is actually running and listening. when you start the
> server, it should tell you what address and X display offset it's using.
> Make sure with netstat -a that it really is listening there. Second, are
> you
> running iptables on that box? as a quick test, if you are, shut down
> iptables and see if you can see it.
> On Sunday 23 October 2005 18:10, Mark wrote:
> > I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring VNC
> > server, but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or from the
> > outside, despite having port forwarding enabled for it on my firewall. I
> > went through the instructions twice, and everything is as listed.
> Anybody
> > know if there are some common mistakes made not mentioned in the article
> > that I might check for? Alternatively, is there a better solution for
> > remote access to my Gentoo box I should be looking at? Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> > [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]
>
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> Your On-Demand IT Department
> 512-762-0729
> www.jolet.net <http://www.jolet.net>
> john@jolet.net
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>


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