Hi Richard, * Make sure VNC server is running in the remote host.
* Find out on what port the VNC server is listening for incomming connections. You could find it out with "netstat -ltnp". It will usually be listening in some port between 5900 - 5950. * Did you already set you VNC password in the remote server? * Make sure you can reach the listening port from your local computer. If you cannot reach it, maybe the port is blocked by a local firewall in the remote server or in your local computer (or in any other firewall between the computers), Type "iptables-save" or "iptables -L" in the remote server to see firewall rules. Anyway, if you have SSH access, you can use VNC over SSH (port forwarding). If you're trying from a *NIX box, login on the server as follow: ssh -L 59XX:localhost:59XX u...@remote_host Where 59XX is the listening port in the remote server, USER is your user account in the remote server, and REMOTE is the host name or ip of the remote server. If you are using PuTTY, forward the port using the "Connection => SSH => Tunnels" option in the left menu. Then try to connect with your VNC viewer to localhost:XX. Again, XX is the last 2 numbers of the listening port (if the listening port is between 5900 -5909, only use the last digit (0-9)). Rodolfo Martínez On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Richard Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear list, > > I have installed TightVNC and desktop on a Slicehost using Ubuntu 10.4. > I can SSH into the server but I can not get the login through VNC > > What I have I failed to setup? > > regards, > > Richard Hayes > 0414 618 425 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
