Windows XP <-> Suse10.0 Linux oddity

[Corne Beerse]

matt.pettis "at" thomson.com wrote:

>Hi Jerry,
>
>Thanks for your reply!  I did try SuSE's version of VNC as well as
>RealVNC, and in fact, I have the same problems (I can use it's viewer to
>view my XP desktop, but I cannot connect to it from my XP box).  Any
>ideas why that wouldn't work?  I'm not too impressed with the
>documentation I found on it in the help docs for SuSE, and I really
>didn't know how to troubleshoot it after not finding it there.  I assume
>it is probably the same reason that RealVNC can't be used to connect to
>it either.  As I'm new, I'm trying to figure out how to know if SuSE is
>running a firewall and, if so, how to enable those ports.  I'd think
>that there'd be a way through SuSE's VNC (I'm using KDE, by the way) to
>do it, but I can't seem to find anything.  Any more suggestions from you
>or anybody would be welcome...
>  
>

For SuSE, you best can use yast to provide remote-administration. Then 
point the vncviewer to "machine:10" or "machine:11" and see that you get 
a fresh login screen, not related to the console.

While on the SuSE console, there is also a way to open vnc for that, 
however I cannot recall how. It is somewhere in the kde or gnome setup.


>tia,
>matt
>
>-----------------------------------
>Message: 11
>From: Jerry Westrick <jerry "at" westrick.com>
>To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
>Subject: Re: Windows XP <-> Suse10.0 Linux oddity
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:45:38 +0200
>
>Hello mat...
>
>Being a SUSE fan myself, I can help here...
>
>
>First off, did you know that SUSE already had VNC installed on your
>machine?  Albeit, the tightvnc version...
>
>Also SUSE went through a lot of trouble to set vnc up for you.
>
>They prepared vnc as a "Terminal Server" (this allows you to run
>multiple desktops at the same time.)
>
>They prepared vnc in XWindows to allow you to see the current screen on
>the the actual monitor (ala windows version).
>
>They prepared a Remote desktop sharing setup to allow you to request
>help from friends, via email, chat....
>
>Each of these are already installed, setup, and can be configured from
>the GUI.
>
>Unless you really know what your doing, (or want to learn) I would
>suggest you stick to the SUSE prepared services, after all, you bought
>the distribution to avoid messing with all these nasty little
>configuration details, right? ;)
>
>
>Jerry Westrick.
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