--- William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Lee Parmeter wrote:
> [snip]
> > The Vino package was installed on my installation by
> > default, but I am unable to connect to the CentOS 4
> server from a client
> > machine running Ubuntu Hoary (gnome 2.10). The is
> rejected. Tried
> > vncviewer using hostname:0 per documentation. So, I am
> now wondering what
> > else needs to be done to enable remote connects to
> succeed. I did
> > configure the "remote desktop" settings per discussion
> in the thread.
>
> Check the usual suspects? Is your firewall configured
> correctly? Is vino
> actually listening (netstat)?
No firewall. The viewer even fails when run on the server
as: vncviewer localhost:0
Since I am on a trusted network, I added an ALL statement
ot hosts.allow for my client machine's ip.
>
> I don't know vino specifically, does it leverage the VNC
> X module?
Yes, I think that's what is needed. Some statements are
required in the xorg.conf file to enable vnc support. I ran
across some info in this area on the Ubuntu forums.
> > I would just use the standard Xvnc and hostname:1,
> which is
> > working, but when I login via vncviewer I am unable to
> do any root
> > configuration via gnome.
>
> I can't say I've seen this issue. Do you have a Gnome
> session open on the
> console at the same time?
Not always, generally the user is logged out of the server.
I know Gnome doesn't like
> that.
I am being to wonder if vino really works!
Why is there no doc or man page?
> --
> William Hooper
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