VNC server/viewer problem

[Jay Ridgley]

Thank you, you have been the only one who tried to help. I will let you 
know when I get it fixed and what I had to do.

Kind regards,
Jay

Alex Pelts wrote:
> Sorry I do not run gnome. I run vncserver directly. You probably need to
> figure out how gnome does it. I run vncserver instead of X and run
> blackbox as DM. Makes for lean and fast configuration.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex
> 
> 
> Jay Ridgley wrote:
>> On the server side once the software is installed the GNOME Remote 
>> Desktop is invoked under System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop
>> This allows you to set your remote access preferences. I have currently 
>> installed GNOME Remote Desktop 2.22.2
>>
>> On the viewer side once the software is installed you start the viewer 
>> from Applications -> Internet -> Remote Desktop Viewer
>> Which makes the connection and starts things up. I have currently 
>> installed GNOME Remote Desktop Viewer 0.5.1 which states that Vinagre is 
>> a VNC Client for the GNOME Desktop.
>>
>> It is when I try to connect to the server that I get the error I have 
>> mentioned.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jay
>>
>> Alex Pelts wrote:
>>   
>>> If vnc server does not show up as a process it is certainly exiting. You
>>> should see Xvnc process if you run server with vncserver command. If you
>>> sharing your x desktop I am not sure. I run vncserver as user and it
>>> creates .vnc directory in my home directory. It then places log files in
>>> that directory and reads its configuration files from there. I also use
>>> 8.04.3 at this moment and it is a headless system running in vmware. So
>>> the only access is vnc. I don't think vnc creates any of mentioned
>>> directories.
>>>
>>> How do you start your vnc?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Alex,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the response...
>>>>
>>>> There is nothing in netstat that indicates the server is running after 
>>>> attempting to connect. It does not show in in a ps either. Should it be?
>>>>
>>>> I do not see any log files on either of the systems that indicate that 
>>>> they are from VNC. Would you please provide a path to where they should 
>>>> be. The only thing I find that appears to be part of VNC is a directory 
>>>> in the home directory on both systems named .tsclient, which contains 
>>>> the file mru.tsc on both systems and last.tsc on the viewer system. The 
>>>> mru.tsc files are empty. The contents of last.tsc do not appear relevent
>>>> to the problem. The documented directory .vnc does not exist on either 
>>>> system.
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering if there is some sort of lock file that remains do to the 
>>>> abnormal exit I forced. However, I have been unable to locate it. Would 
>>>> it do any good to reinstall the software?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you are correct I did mean 8.04.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>> Alex Pelts wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> After connection is closed do netstat and see if server is still
>>>>> running. Or maybe ps. I think your server is exiting for some reason.
>>>>> You can look at the logs which it saves, your clue is likely to be
>>>>> there. And I think you mean 8.04 not 4.08.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Hi Y'all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am new to VNC but not to Linux or Ubuntu, however, still very much human.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed vnc4server on the remote system(the_host) which is my 
>>>>>> firewall server. It will be headless when I get finished getting things 
>>>>>> worked out so that I can control it remotely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed vnc4viewer on the system I was working from(viewing_host)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No problems
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I then started up the viewer - IT WORKED!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I then changed the display I was working on to full screen and could not 
>>>>>> get back; yeah I know RTFM first but I didn't... I forced a reboot of my 
>>>>>> system and tried again and got the following message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Connection to host "the_host:5900" was closed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have restarted both systems, no help. Searched the VNC site for 
>>>>>> information on the error and was not able to find anything that 
>>>>>> indicated a solution. I also tried searching the Ubuntu forum...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have enabled port 5900 for the viewing_host in firestarter on the_host.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The message still appears...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am running 4.08 LTS and VNC 4.1 on both systems
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I solve this problem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Jay
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