RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-09-01 Thread Stephen Kuhn
nd in that directory > there was no xstart script :-) > If you remember at the begining of this thread, I had tried setting the > vncserver as a service and not manually as you had suggested. So obviously I > must have missed that part, or something had gone wrong with the setup :-(

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-09-01 Thread Denham Eva
t the begining of this thread, I had tried setting the vncserver as a service and not manually as you had suggested. So obviously I must have missed that part, or something had gone wrong with the setup :-( Anyway many thanks for the input. Regards Denham. Hold hard, this user is part of whee

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-09-01 Thread Denham Eva
Hello Ben, No this is not the case it works with two vncserver processes setup and two ports set as well. Hello Ben, This is very interesting, I will investigate it further. Thanks for the input. If I recall correctly, Gnome has a problem with multiple instances running simultaneously. Are

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-09-01 Thread Denham Eva
Hold hard, this user is part of wheel and practically every other group there can be. Would this make a difference? Hello Stephen No it is not. Could this be the issue? I'll test anyway. What I find strange is that at home I have no problems, doing exactly the same thing. The only difference is

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-09-01 Thread Denham Eva
Hello Ben, This is very interesting, I will investigate it further. Thanks for the input. If I recall correctly, Gnome has a problem with multiple instances running simultaneously. Are you using VNC twice into the box on different ports? Or using VNC and at the same time logged into the console?

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-09-01 Thread Denham Eva
Hello Stephen No it is not. Could this be the issue? I'll test anyway. What I find strange is that at home I have no problems, doing exactly the same thing. The only difference is that at home I vnc from my wifes Win98 machine and here at work I use Win2k? >Is that user a member of the "wheel" g

Re: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-31 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
level 3 and only vnc into it with one port at a time. Ben - Original Message - From: "Denham Eva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 2:16 AM Subject: RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing. > Hello Stephen, > > Thanks fo

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-30 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 18:31, Denham Eva wrote: > Hello Stephen, > > Thanks for the input thus far. > > Ok, this is obviously not a gnome problem, I suspect this is a permissions > problem. Why? well when I vnc into the root account using your example below > as base command, it works perfectly. >

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-30 Thread Denham Eva
? What group may I need to be a member of perhaps? Would appreciate any help thanks! Denham > For instance - on a box I'm working on, I have a script that is: #! /bin/sh cd /root vncserver -geometry 1500x1100 -depth 16 -name ROJO :1 exit 0 # End options ...works fine for me - as i

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-30 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 17:16, Denham Eva wrote: > Hello Stephen, > > Thanks for your input, appreciated. I've tried starting the vncserver > manually I also used the -name gnome and I tried the kde option. However the > gnome-settings-daemon still crashes. > Th

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-30 Thread Denham Eva
Thanks Jason, I'll look into the X client for windows. Denham >Getting a x client for windows would also be a solution. Then you could use X to switch from copmuter to computer. I think there is a gpl X client for windows out there. Jason Tesser Web/Multimedia Programmer Northland Baptist Bi

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-30 Thread Denham Eva
Hello Stephen, Thanks for your input, appreciated. I've tried starting the vncserver manually I also used the -name gnome and I tried the kde option. However the gnome-settings-daemon still crashes. This is the error message: Application "gnome-settings-daemon"(process 1438) has

RE: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-29 Thread Jason Tesser
. Jason Tesser Web/Multimedia Programmer Northland Baptist Bible College (715)324-6900 ext. 3055 -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 4:50 PM To: Redhat-List (E-mail) Subject: Re: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing. On Fri

Re: VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-29 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 23:52, Denham Eva wrote: > Hello, > > Pretty new at this! I have started the vncserver service and setup my user > in the configuration file. > The OS is Redhat 9, pretty much vanilla setup. > I however have a problem connecting to the workstation fro

VNCserver - gnome programs crashing.

2003-08-29 Thread Denham Eva
Hello, Pretty new at this! I have started the vncserver service and setup my user in the configuration file. The OS is Redhat 9, pretty much vanilla setup. I however have a problem connecting to the workstation from my Win2k machine using "Normal" VNC as the gnome programs c

Re: vncserver

2003-03-26 Thread Ben Russo
Simpson, Doug wrote: I am trying to get vncserver running on a RH7.3 box. I ran the "vncserver" command and it created the .vnc directory and it appears to be running. However, can I use my windows vnc viewer with the Linux vncserver? It is failing. Also do I need to configur

RE: vncserver

2003-03-25 Thread Ronald Hermans
ps ax | grep Xvnc -->show's running vnc-desktops vncserver -kill :1 -->kill's selected desktop xstartup file #!/bin/sh #xrdb /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources xsetroot -solid white #xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP k

Re: vncserver

2003-03-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 15:58, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I am trying to get vncserver running on a RH7.3 box. I ran the "vncserver" > command and it created the .vnc directory and it appears to be running. > However, can I use my windows vnc viewer with the Linux vncserver? It is

Re: vncserver

2003-03-25 Thread Michael Mansour
password which you must then enter from your client. If the link between your client and the server has a firewall in between, you'll need to open up your firewall a bit to allow VNCviewer through. Michael. --- "Simpson, Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying

Re: vncserver

2003-03-25 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I am trying to get vncserver running on a RH7.3 box. I ran the > "vncserver" command and it created the .vnc directory and it appears to > be running. Where's the relevent logfile? Where's your process list? Where's

vncserver

2003-03-25 Thread Simpson, Doug
I am trying to get vncserver running on a RH7.3 box. I ran the "vncserver" command and it created the .vnc directory and it appears to be running. However, can I use my windows vnc viewer with the Linux vncserver? It is failing. Also do I need to configure the /etc/sysconfig/vncserve

Re: vncserver security patch

2003-01-26 Thread paul
Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I've made a minor patch for the vncserver service included with Red Hat 8.0. This patch enables the -localhost flag, which restricts clients to connecting from the local machine. People tunnelling in via ssh will still be considered local, but remote connections wi

vncserver security patch

2003-01-26 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
I've made a minor patch for the vncserver service included with Red Hat 8.0. This patch enables the -localhost flag, which restricts clients to connecting from the local machine. People tunnelling in via ssh will still be considered local, but remote connections will be disallowed.

vncserver and xdesktop

2002-10-18 Thread Brent Jay Thorpe
Does anyone know how to link the xstartup file in .vnc (if that is how to do it) so vncserver will display the entire desktop when I access it via vncviewer? TIA Brent -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 09:40 15 May 2002, dbrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I though the ports started at 5800? The HTTP connection which serves an embdedded Java VNC viewer starts at 5800. The VNC service itself starts at the matching 5900 port. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread ABrady
ports closed there. > On Wed, 15 May 2002, ABrady wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 > > Jim Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I decided to go ahead and activate the VNCServer service (RH 7.3) > > > in the Service Configuration

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread dbrett
Hi Jim I would check. I said no as well, when I installed 7.2 and it installed some components anyways and didn't start other services david On Wed, 15 May 2002, Jim Hale wrote: > Hopefully it shouldn't though since when I installed Red Hat 7.3, I told it NO >Firewall installation. I have a

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread Mike Burger
> Jim Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I decided to go ahead and activate the VNCServer service (RH 7.3) in > > > the Service Configuration screen, It would only be accessed from my > > > local segment anyway and the ports are blocked thru my

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread Jim Hale
Hopefully it shouldn't though since when I installed Red Hat 7.3, I told it NO Firewall installation. I have a dedicated Hardware Firewall between that Linux box and the Internet. Jim dbrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > It may depending on the firewall setting on the Linux server. This is >

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread dbrett
It may depending on the firewall setting on the Linux server. This is what it sounds like may be the problem. david On Wed, 15 May 2002, Jim Hale wrote: > Exactley - I have no intentions of opening up the ports in my firewall to hit it >from the outside world - I just need to be able to use i

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread Jim Hale
Exactley - I have no intentions of opening up the ports in my firewall to hit it from the outside world - I just need to be able to use it inside my own network. :) Thanks for the info too, I'll give that a shot tonight once I get home. Jim Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > I'm getting in

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread Marcus
I'm getting into this thread kinda late but from what I read, the open ports should not matter as he is only trying to access the VNC Server from his LAN, not from the inet. I run VNC from a headless server to my workstations and here is what I do. # vncserver New 'X' desk

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-15 Thread dbrett
I though the ports started at 5800? david On Wed, 15 May 2002, ABrady wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 > Jim Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I decided to go ahead and activate the VNCServer service (RH 7.3) in > > the Service Configuration screen

Re: VNCServer Service

2002-05-14 Thread ABrady
On Tue, 14 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 Jim Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided to go ahead and activate the VNCServer service (RH 7.3) in > the Service Configuration screen, It would only be accessed from my > local segment anyway and the ports are blocked thru my firewall fro

VNCServer Service

2002-05-14 Thread Jim Hale
I decided to go ahead and activate the VNCServer service (RH 7.3) in the Service Configuration screen, It would only be accessed from my local segment anyway and the ports are blocked thru my firewall from the outside world, but I can't seem to connect to it from a Windows client. Is

Re:RE: Vncserver management

2001-12-04 Thread Aldebaran - Computer Center
I'm not at a RH72 console right now (I have a RH62 in front of me), but this is the possible problem: the init script for vncserver checks the file /etc/sysconfig/vncserver to see the user/display pairs to be started. It happens that each vnc instance sets a temporary file /tmp/.X11-un

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Vinny Valdez
> Us old Unix guys don't necessarily consider it a "workaround" > to start > things out of rc.local! That's all we knew for years. What's this > "service" stuff? ;-) Heh, you're right, I just wanted something to work as it says it does. If something tells me it started something, and it did

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Jerry Winegarden
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Vinny Valdez wrote: > > Ok, so I'm glad it's not just me. I failed to mention this happens on 2 > other 7.2 boxes that I have, the exact same behavior, though I'm not > worried about using the service manager on them. > > I know using rc.local isn't such a bad workaround

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Vinny Valdez
> OK, fess up time: I went through this whole schmozzle myself > the other day. I ended up doing the following: > > /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 vncserver off > /sbin/service vncserver stop > > In other words, killing the service management provided by RH > for Xvn

Re: RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread jbinpg
Vinny Valdez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: t > I seemed to have left a broken sentence: > > > 2. question: why doesn't the command `service vncserver stop` > > stop a running vncserver, even though it displays the action > > result "[ok]"? > >

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Vinny Valdez
I seemed to have left a broken sentence: > 2. question: why doesn't the command `service vncserver stop` > stop a running vncserver, even though it displays the action > result "[ok]"? > Investigation: > -I have run `service vncserver stop` after I manually star

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Vinny Valdez
Yes. All the links are created correctly, vncserver is listed in chkconfig (and is therefore linked in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, as I have run level 5 as default). This is not where the problem is, however. I have the service configured to startup (and thus shutdown) correctly. The problem is when

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Jerry Winegarden
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Go, Jeffrey wrote: > Hi jerry > > Can I ask a neophyte's stupid question?.. > > I go to my /etc file and see about 3 rc.d files...mainly rc0.d, rc1.d and > rc3.d > > How would I add or what command would I use to add the VNCserver there? >

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Go, Jeffrey
Hi jerry Can I ask a neophyte's stupid question?.. I go to my /etc file and see about 3 rc.d files...mainly rc0.d, rc1.d and rc3.d How would I add or what command would I use to add the VNCserver there? Jeff Go SAP Labs BSS System Services -Original Message- From:

Re: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Jerry Winegarden
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Vinny Valdez wrote: > I have a quick question. Has anybody successfully used the vncserver > script in /etc/rc.d/init.d (or `server vncserver start`) on RedHat 7.2? > > I can execute it, and will get the action feedback: > > S

RE: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Go, Jeffrey
Hi Vinny I am having issues now just STARTING the darn thing.. Any thoughts? I can switch over to /etc/"directory" where vnc is installed, and I see the files, But I go "vncserver" and it says it cannot find the file Jeff Go SAP Labs BSS System Services -

Re: Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Vinny Valdez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:57:46 -0600 > > I only want to open up one port through my iptables set, so it would be > nice if I could manage this process properly. The biggest problem > though, is that if the machine rest

Vncserver management

2001-11-30 Thread Vinny Valdez
I have a quick question. Has anybody successfully used the vncserver script in /etc/rc.d/init.d (or `server vncserver start`) on RedHat 7.2? I can execute it, and will get the action feedback: Starting VNC server: [ OK ] But, a `ps ax | grep vnc