[CentOS] Vncserver not serving up my gnome desktop, just a fancy terminal!
Lee Parmeter
leejpar at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 26 03:11:12 UTC 2005
resolution using realvnc native X Support, see vino thread.
--- Lee Parmeter <leejpar at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Lee Parmeter wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > The Vino package was installed on my installation by
> > > default, but I am unable to connect to the CentOS 4
> > server from a client
> > > machine running Ubuntu Hoary (gnome 2.10). The is
> > rejected. Tried
> > > vncviewer using hostname:0 per documentation. So, I
> am
> > now wondering what
> > > else needs to be done to enable remote connects to
> > succeed. I did
> > > configure the "remote desktop" settings per
> discussion
> > in the thread.
> >
> > Check the usual suspects? Is your firewall configured
> > correctly? Is vino
> > actually listening (netstat)?
>
> No firewall. The viewer even fails when run on the server
> as: vncviewer localhost:0
>
> Since I am on a trusted network, I added an ALL statement
> ot hosts.allow for my client machine's ip.
>
> >
> > I don't know vino specifically, does it leverage the
> VNC
> > X module?
>
> Yes, I think that's what is needed. Some statements are
> required in the xorg.conf file to enable vnc support. I
> ran
> across some info in this area on the Ubuntu forums.
>
> > > I would just use the standard Xvnc and hostname:1,
> > which is
> > > working, but when I login via vncviewer I am unable
> to
> > do any root
> > > configuration via gnome.
> >
> > I can't say I've seen this issue. Do you have a Gnome
> > session open on the
> > console at the same time?
>
> Not always, generally the user is logged out of the
> server.
>
> I know Gnome doesn't like
> > that.
>
> I am being to wonder if vino really works!
> Why is there no doc or man page?
>
> > --
> > William Hooper
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Linux Registered User #337161
'It's free. It works. Duh.'" - Eric Harrison
The United States is NOT a democracy, it was founded as a Republic!
God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His government a democracy! - Lee Parmeter
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