> Think I may have solved it or at least got it working, I was starting vnc
> I found that if I ssh-ed into the PC and logged in as me and then started
the vncserver I can connect with the vnc client. It is probably not the best
way but at least it works.
Which does beg the question: What about
On Sunday 12 December 2010 19:44:21 Simon Reap wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > Unfortunately it has only moved me onto another problem, I now get a
> > window where the desktop should display but it is just grey. The mouse I
> > get a mouse cursor which I can move about but thats it.
>
> You'll need to sta
Tim wrote:
Unfortunately it has only moved me onto another problem, I now get a window
where the desktop should display but it is just grey. The mouse I get a mouse
cursor which I can move about but thats it.
You'll need to start a window manager to run on the ;1 display.
An alternative wo
On Sunday 12 December 2010 17:26:16 Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
> On Sunday 12 December 2010 16:52:57 Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
> > > > > vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1
> > >
> > > Unfortunately it has only moved me onto another problem, I now get a
> > > window where the desktop should displa
On Sunday 12 December 2010 16:52:57 Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
> > > > vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1
> >
> > Unfortunately it has only moved me onto another problem, I now get a
> > window where the desktop should display but it is just grey. The mouse I
> > get a mouse cursor which I can
> > > vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1
>
> Unfortunately it has only moved me onto another problem, I now get a window
> where the desktop should display but it is just grey. The mouse I get a
> mouse cursor which I can move about but thats it.
>
> Tim
You are running a VNC server which
On Sunday 12 December 2010 15:54:16 Keith Edmunds wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:47:41 +, xendis...@gmx.com said:
> > vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1
>
> .
> .
>
> >"There is no server at that address from a
> > windows PC.
>
> I don't use Windows, but I suspect you need to specify t
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:47:41 +, xendis...@gmx.com said:
> vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1
.
.
>"There is no server at that address from a
> windows PC.
I don't use Windows, but I suspect you need to specify that VNC is running
on desktop :1, which from memory will be port 5901 rathe
I have installed tightvnc on to a fresh install on xubuntu 10.10. I started the
vncserver with the follwing command
vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1
It asked me to set a password to access the desktop which I did but when I try
to access the PC via VNC over the local lan I get Connect
