Hi, Thanks for such a fast response. I typed vncserver at the command line and it asked me for a password. It said I would require password to enter the desktop. I did not set any before so gave some dummy password. It again showed Verify and I typed the same password again. Then the screen showed something like for user padmaja, the startup script is in /home/padmaja/.vnc/Xstartup the startup applications are in /home/padmaja/.vnc/Xstartup the log file is in /home/padmaja/.vnc/sipserver.com.log After this I typed ps aux and saw that there is a Xvnc running againt pid 11435. Now, I tried to connect to the Centos PC from Windows using Vnc client and it gave the error "unable to connect to host: connection refused (10061)." I cant understand what the issue is. I am however able to connect to Windows PCs from VNC on windows. Regards, Padmaja ----- Original Message ----- From: <centos at likley.co.uk> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] Reg. VNC server and Windows and Centos interworking > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Padmaja > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:14 AM > Subject: [CentOS] Reg. VNC server and Windows and Centos interworking > > > Hi all, > > I have a Windows XP PC and a Centos PC (Centos 4.3 release, kernel- > 2.6.9-34.EL) which are in the same LAN. Currently, I am able to use VNC > server on the centos to view the Windows PC, but not able to view the > Centos PC from the Windows PC. This applies for even file sharing also. > The samba server is running and I can view the windows network from Centos > PC but in the Windows network, not able to view the Centos PC. Also not > able to print from Centos to the LAN printer. Any help is greatly > appreciated. > > Thank You, > Padmaja > > > Padmaja, > > Have you started vnc on the Centos system - just type vncserver on the > command line. > > Rob > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >