Connecting to RHL from Windows?

Jaroslaw Rafa raj "at" ap.krakow.pl
Fri Apr 28 16:36:01 2006


Damian Connolly napisal(a):
> 
> using the command vncserver :2, we are asked to authenticate (obviously 
> when connection to server:2), but the screen shown is just a terminal 
> screen. We were hoping to be able to access the full GUI as we can with 
> other Linux servers (including a fedora box) as we can access what VNC 
> gives us via telnet. Where are we going wrong? 

What you are trying to achieve is called "accessing the :0 display". It is
pretty well documented in the FAQs, check them out.
In short: "ordinary" VNC server doesn't provide this capability, you need to
install a special version.
Regards,
   Jaroslaw Rafa
   raj "at" ap.krakow.pl
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