localhost not working, but ip works fine...

[forum query]

Solved -

On a whim, decided to try another client to create the SSH tunnel - 
downloaded puTTY, created a tunnel, and...lo, vnc viewer worked fine. Go 
figure. Not sure why my older client (SSH Secure Shell) works with 
Fedora Core, and not CentOS, but....

forum query wrote:
> Sorry for lack of a better subject header. I've got vncserver running 
> on a number of GNu/Linux mahcines in my office, without any problems.
>
> However, I  recently built a GNU/Linux box running CentOS 5.2, that 
> seems to be giving me problems.  Start the vncserver using
>
> /usr/bin/vncserver :1
>
> Server is up.
>
> Use SSH Secure Shell to make an ssh2 connection to the server, 
> tunneling in as 5901. Fine.
>
> Then, point vncviewer at it - here is where the problems start. Lets 
> assume that the new server is called new.server.org
>
> If I use new.server.org:1   in the viewer, connects fine.
>
> But...if I use localhost::1  (or localhost::5901, or a single colon 
> instead of double, or any permutation using localhost instead of the 
> server name), I can't connect.
>
> Now, it is wroth noting that I've done the exact same thing without 
> any problems on my other GNU/Linux boxes - they run Fedora Core 8. 
> Also, all the machines are in the same office, so none of the usual 
> issues with firewalls etc (i.e., if I can get in on 5901 for one 
> machine, I should be able to get in on 5901 on all of them). For some 
> reason I haven't sussed out, I can;t get vncserver to accept a 
> localhost connection on my CentOS box.
>
> Any ideas where to look? What really puzzles me is why 
> new.server.org:1 (or new.server.org:5901) works fine, but localhost:1 
> doesn't.
>
> Thanks in advance...
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