On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 14:38 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 16:22 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > No matter how I try when I try to start a vnc session from one of my > > home machines to another I get the error: > > > > [akonstam@vulcan ~]$ vncviewer saturn > > > > VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.1 for X - built May 17 2006 11:06:32 > > Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd. > > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. > > > > Fri Dec 29 16:13:43 2006 > > main: unable to connect to host: Connection refused (111) > > > > Also when I restart vncserver on the server machine I can't find that > > program running anywhere on the server machine. Can anyone explain all > > this? > ---- > 1 - look for Xvnc > 2 - vncviewer has man pages - you should read them to know that you need > to designate the 'display' number > 3 - vncserver won't run if you haven't run vncpasswd as the user first. > vncserver also has a man page > > Craig > Well I got it to work using your hints. But I don't ever remember having to do this before. But such is life. Thanks for your response and that of Rick Stevens. -- ======================================================================= One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
