I believe TightVNC (tightvnc.com) client works with standard VNC servers.. and RealVNC (realvnc.com) as well.
You can also just simply use a web brower --- most VNC servers listen to both 59xx and 58xx ports .. (use the 58xx port when using a web browser). Scott Rohling On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Hughes, Jim <jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov> wrote: > Hi David, > > Which Windows version of VNC should I use when connecting to the VNC > Server running on the Linux system? I looked at one it said it did not > support connecting to Linux VNC servers. Then again, I could have no > clue what I am talking about. > > Thanks for your patience. > > ____________________ > Jim Hughes > Consulting Systems Programmer > Mainframe Technical Support Group > Department of Information Technology > State of New Hampshire > 27 Hazen Drive > Concord, NH 03301 > 603-271-5586 Fax 603.271.1516 > > Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this message are > confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use or > dissemination (either whole or in part) is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender > immediately and delete the message from your system. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > David Boyes > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:04 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: recieving the following from a linux install on z > > > On 4/11/11 3:27 PM, "Testa, Richard" <richard.te...@doit.nh.gov> > wrote: > > > > X SERVER STARTED, THEN FAILEDTraceback (most recent call last): > > > > File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1015, in <module> > > > > doStartupX11Actions() > > > > File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 100, in doStartupX11Actions > > > > raise RuntimeError, "X server failed to start" > > > > RuntimeError: X server failed to start > > It's a dumb assumption in anaconda that the whole world has local bitmap > graphics hardware. System z has no bitmap display hardware, so X fails > because it's trying to start a local X server and the X server fails > because there is no bitmap display hardware. > > That's the advantage of using VNC (VNC fakes a X server for the install > X clients, and then you connect a VNC client to the VNC server). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
