Brian wrote: ----------------->>>> I did, service start vncserver and it comes back with an ok. I have a firewall inbound to my Ethernet segment, but I have it set to ACCEPT everything comining inbound.
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT Is anyone running VNC from there Windows to Linux? I can get working from Linux to Windows. ----------------->>>> Just because it says it started does not mean it started. I would focus on that first, not the automatic starting of the server with your service start routine or /etc/sysconfig/vncserver. The first thing you need to do is set a password (man vncpasswd) which you do by: vncpasswd This puts a file passwd in the ~/.vnc subdirectory. Then run the server (man vncserver) which you do like: vncserver :2 -geometry 800x600 Now you don't have to set the port (which will defaults to next free display number, on my system it would be 1) or the geometry (defaults to current X geometry). Now go into ~/.vnc directory and you should see a few files: <your system name here>:2.err <your system name here>:2.log <your system name here>:2.pid passwd xstartup Check your err and log files for information on the startup of the server. If the pid file is missing the server didn't start or if it is there it might have been there before your current starting of the server (from a invalid shutdown) and again not started. The log files will explain what went wrong. Note: the creation of a server will create 2 temp files that cause the same problems of the pid file. If they are there then the system will think it is already running a session. Make sure that your use the proper kill command (vncserver -kill :<port>) to shut it down. service vncserver stop will do that to. I could probably blab on and on about vnc usage and nuances. I don't use it that much since getting into ssh. But speaking of that you should set up ssh (with keys) and use vncviewer -tunnel <server name>:<port> to connect through an ssh tunnel. Once you get that working then you can move to automatically starting your server. I use the /etc/sysconfig/vncserver (called from vncserver init.d). I also setup a little vnc.ini which holds my defaults and then use a bash script to manually start and stop a special server. Also I have another script that checks the connection and if its down, tells it to start a vncserver and then reconnect. I really don't use them anymore since RH included the service with vnc, in fact, I just looked for them and they seem buried in my cvs repository somewhere. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
