On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:54:53PM -0600, Christopher Hogan wrote:
I need help getting vnc to work with xinetd. I've followed the instructions at: http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/65.html
However, when I connect via vncviewer, all I get is a grey screen with an X pointer. How do I get a login screen? I've tried subsituting Xvnc with vncserver in xinetd. However, I then get an "invalid vnc server" error, even after assigning a user with the appropriate ~/.vnc folder.
I'm using vnc version 3.3.7 and SuSE 8.2. Reading the FAQ at RealVNC, I see it's normal to get this grey screen using Xvnc. However, everything I've found (including the default settings for xinetd under SuSE) say I should get a log-in screen. Help?
I had this problem as well. I got it to work by changing the -query to broadcast within /etc/xinetd.d/vnc. The entry for server_args in /etc/xinetd.d/vnc looks like this:
server_args = :42 -inetd -once -broadcast -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16
Ultimately, what I did was follow the directions in /usr/share/doc/release-notes for setting up VNC and then modified the server_args to use broadcast.
I am behind a firewall and use ssh to connect to my machine. I use ssh to port-forward the VNC port for security.
HTH.
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Mike
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Here is what I used on Solaris 8 and RH7.2
vnc-1024x768x24 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/Xvnc Xvnc -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 -fp tcp/localhost:7100
Then in your /etc/services you need the corresponding line vnc-1024x768x24 5972/tcp _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
