Problems with "Add new client" command NT server and Solaris listener

[Tristan Richardson]

"Eric Youngquist" <Eric.Youngquist "at" cisco.com> writes:

> Note: I have to use the IP address of the server when trying to run in
> listen mode on Solaris, though the name can be resolved in DNS.  Anyway,
> when I use the actual name I get the following error:
> 
> 	vncviewer: cannot work out which display number to listen on.
> 	Please specify explicitly with -listen <num>
> 


I think what Wez is trying to say is that the <num> for -listen should be zero,
i.e. you should be doing:

  vncviewer -listen 0

The <num> has nothing to do with the IP address of the server.  When you run a
viewer in listening mode, it accepts connections from any other host.

Cheers

Tristan

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