Does anyone have remote desktop connectivity working in CentOS 5.3? I'm using the Gnome desktop and have configured the Remote Deskop Preferences to "Allow other users to view your desktop" and "Allow other users to control your desktop". The configuration dialog box says that "Users can view your desktop using this command: vncviewer HOSTNAME.domain.com:0". However, when I try to connect to it from another host, I always get a "Connection reset by peer" error message. I've tried various different clients an operation systems, and I get the same result. I disabled the firewall completely for this test (service iptables stop) so I know it's not a firewall issue. Then again, I don't see a vncserver process running either, so that may be the issue. This was working on CentOS 5.2.
What do I need to do to access my existing desktop on my CentOS 5.3 system remotely? I don't need to use VNC, but I do want to access the existing session and not a separate desktop (i.e., by starting a vncserver process).
Thanks, Alfred
You can try the quick how-to I posted here: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-October/045424.html
I've had some issues with the display showing corrupted data depending on the X server being used. SVGA always seems to work, the latest Intel one seems fine also.
Regards, Paul Berger
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Alfred von Campe alfred@von-campe.comwrote:
Does anyone have remote desktop connectivity working in CentOS 5.3? I'm using the Gnome desktop and have configured the Remote Deskop Preferences to "Allow other users to view your desktop" and "Allow other users to control your desktop". The configuration dialog box says that "Users can view your desktop using this command: vncviewer HOSTNAME.domain.com:0". However, when I try to connect to it from another host, I always get a "Connection reset by peer" error message. I've tried various different clients an operation systems, and I get the same result. I disabled the firewall completely for this test (service iptables stop) so I know it's not a firewall issue. Then again, I don't see a vncserver process running either, so that may be the issue. This was working on CentOS 5.2.
What do I need to do to access my existing desktop on my CentOS 5.3 system remotely? I don't need to use VNC, but I do want to access the existing session and not a separate desktop (i.e., by starting a vncserver process).
Thanks, Alfred
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On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Alfred von Campe alfred@von-campe.com wrote:
The configuration dialog box says that "Users can view your desktop using this command: vncviewer HOSTNAME.domain.com:0". However, when I try to connect to it from another host, I always get a "Connection reset by peer" error message.
Try
vncviewer -via HOSTNAME.domain.com localhost:0
This tunnels the VNC connection through SSH.
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