endless cascading screens

[John Aldrich]

On Thursday 18 January 2007 10:03 am, Tim M wrote:
> Maybe someone on this list could help me. I was using VNC without any
> trouble to remotely control another computer of mine. But for a reason not
> related to VNC I had to reinstall Ubuntu 6.10 on this machine. Every since
> that time I have been unable take control of my other machine. I use
> vncviewer localhost:0 after putting in my password the screen sometimes I
> will get a dialog (one I didn't get before reinstalling Ubuntu) asking that
> someone is trying to control my desktop and asking if I wish to accept or
> refuse connection. If I click on accept I get endless cascading screens.
> The screens seem to be of THIS desktop and not of the remote desktop. Is
> there anyway to tell if VNC is actually going to the remote desktop? Or can
> anyone tell me how to fix this problem. Thanks, Tim
>
Yeah... you don't put "localhost :0" in the connection dialog. You will want 
to put the IP address (or name of the machine if it's resolvable by name) in 
the connect dialog.