Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2009/11/21 Karl Fimm > > Hi Eliot, > > After a reboot, I can get a command line via putty, I just can't VNC. > > Does the bootup sequence start the VNC server running? You can check this with the one liner on the terminal after the boot-up sequence has completed:- ps aux | grep vnc | grep -v gr

List of distros @ St. Albans

2009-11-20 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Hi, Is there a link to look at or another way to see the list of distros' images kept at St. Albans? Adrian

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, I suggest you add to the box the package ssh, which is a metapackage for the ssh server and ssh client. Then test if you can use ssh to connect to the box in question. End gobbledy gook linux commands. as a user on the box you are setting up to run headless, do sudo apt-get inst

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Karl Fimm
Hi Eliot, After a reboot, I can get a command line via putty, I just can't VNC. Thanks Charles On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote: > > My problem is that after a reboot, I need to login using the local > keyboard, > > before I can remote in. > > Can you clarify. Is th

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Hadley Rich
On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 07:45 +1300, Karl Fimm wrote: > My problem is that after a reboot, I need to login using the local > keyboard, before I can remote in. Probably the easiest way around this is to make your user automatically log in at boot. You can do this through the dialog on the top menu;

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Derek Smithies
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009, Karl Fimm wrote: Hi, I'm a complete noob when it comes to Linux (I've been using Microsoft operating systems since 1983). No worries there - we all started at that point. Any suggestions or offers of help greatfully accepted (or pointers to linux-nerds-r-us services in

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Karl Fimm
Hi Eliot, Duh, I hadn't separated the two issues (putty vs VNC). I will experiment! Thanks for the help. Charles On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote: > > I set up VNC via SSH (mostly using > > > http://ubuntuswitch.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/securely-remote-control-your-

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Eliot Blennerhassett
This talks about getting a login window via vnc without desktop sharing. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795036 I said > Run the server, follow the prompts it gives you. > "tightvncserver" you will need to do this via a SSH console once every time the server is rebooted. I'm not sure how

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Eliot Blennerhassett
> I set up VNC via SSH (mostly using > http://ubuntuswitch.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/securely-remote-control-your-ubuntu-via-putty-from-a-windows-host-vncssh/) > which works, almost, ok. > > My problem is that after a reboot, I need to login using the local keyboard, > before I can remote in. Can y

Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Karl Fimm
Hi, I'm a complete noob when it comes to Linux (I've been using Microsoft operating systems since 1983). I've got a media server box and I managed to install Ubuntu and Samba (using http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605 HOWTO: Setup Samba peer-to-peer with Windows). I set up VNC via SS

Re: openvpn - client not connecting

2009-11-20 Thread Roger Searle
Thu Nov 19 19:34:33 2009 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity) Thu Nov 19 19:34:33 2009 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed It is a networking problem somewhere along the line. Is the OpenVPN server recognising the clients attempt