From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EU417-0006WP-RD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:13:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9OFDQXN008758; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:13:26 GMT Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.194]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9OF9R57031900 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:09:28 GMT Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so117782wxc for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:09:27 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ZLPHNMDRQEq4kQQdyAGaYJDsPkXGnI7R4mHMSOd7ZfFKzViDwNPxSFUi41PID+sjwuUwX8UIOQEs9hLTQwRv09ZJa134EghzhL5g5ySz5h95xtmF8sFSG37TFSxZLb/56I/svvOp+v82CFsPMbr5TuC7qy2E5PwfprGqvlTTpkA= Received: by 10.70.54.3 with SMTP id c3mr3674329wxa; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.125.17 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <642958cc0510240809m16f97569yda8fb02c8af63d93@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:09:27 -0400 From: Mark Shields To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vnc In-Reply-To: <200510240846.00996.john@jolet.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_30064_14396742.1130166567403" References: <1f81f7e00510231610x78e0265aw258e22ab6f292f31@mail.gmail.com> <200510240846.00996.john@jolet.net> X-Archives-Salt: 63ac606c-e03c-4491-beae-9768bf80513d X-Archives-Hash: aaac0665391289264c3dc178d38ed402 ------=_Part_30064_14396742.1130166567403 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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: :1 --- the colon is important as it denoted screen 1. Once you connect to that it will give you a vnc desktop running a= t a 1024x768 resolution with a 24-bit color depth. By default, tightvnc (Gentoo-specific?) uses twm as the window manager, but you can easily chang= e this to use gnome, kde, or virtually any other window manager/desktop environment by editing ~/.vnc/xstartup On 10/24/05, John Jolet 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 articl= e > > 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] > > -- > John Jolet > Your On-Demand IT Department > 512-762-0729 > www.jolet.net > john@jolet.net > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- - Mark Shields ------=_Part_30064_14396742.1130166567403 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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

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On 10/24/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net>= ; wrote:
first make= sure vnc is actually running and listening.  when you start the<= br>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 tes= t, if you are, shut down
iptables and see if you can see it.
On Sunda= y 23 October 2005 18:10, Mark wrote:
> I followed the instructions on the Gentoo wiki about configuring V= NC
> server, but I am not able to connect either inside the LAN or fr= om 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 i= n the article
> that I might check for? Alternatively, is there a bet= ter solution for
> remote access to my Gentoo box I should be looking at? Thanks!
= >
> --
> Mark
> [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go he= re - feel free to type your own]

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