Connection refused usually means that the destination router/firewall is not allowing port 5900 through. It could also mean your destination computer is running a firewall that is not allowing 5900.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:09, Velocity <[email protected]> wrote: > I am getting following error while trying to establish a vnc session > over ssh what should I do or look in for. > > t...@-laptop:~$ vncviewer 192.168.1.19 > 192.168.1.19 5900 > java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:475) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:372) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:186) > at rfbProto.<init>(rfbProto.java:93) > at vncviewer.connectAndAuthenticate(vncviewer.java:193) > at vncviewer.run(vncviewer.java:122) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
