I found that manually establishing a ssh tunnel via terminal and then logging in to localhost DOES work so, this is definitely a problem with vinagre.
Yet another example of the frequent regressions that happen in GNOME packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vinagre in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994395 Title: cannot do a VNC connection over an ssh tunnel in precise Status in “vinagre” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Trying to connect to a bookmark which is for a VNC connection using an ssh tunnel that worked before gets the message "An error ocurred" So does creating a new VNC connection using an ssh tunnel May be related to #992724 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vinagre/+bug/994395/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
