Thanks James, Stewart and Raj for your messages! Switching the ssh -L command around helped. I had tried it before, but I think I was doing another silly thing that was causing the problem: I was typing localhost :0 instead of localhost:0. The space was creating the problem, I guess.
I couldn't start "vncserver :0" on my work.machine because of a /tmp/.X0-lock file belonging to root that I could not remove. Typing just "vncserver" on work.machine automatically chooses :1. When I type "vncserver :0", after the warning about .X0-lock file, it also says "A VNC server is already running as :0". This is confusing, because ps does not show any instance of Xvnc associated with it. I don't think I'll need to run vncserver on my home computer, but if I did, how would I resolve the conflict of both ssh and vncserver using the same port? Could I type "vncserver :2" on my home machine? By the way, when I only downloaded vncviewer, somehow it never gave me the window to set up password, nor could I find an option where I could set it up. That is why I downloaded the server, but made it a point to not start the server on my home computer (I did this once on another computer, and the vnc was simply making infinite copies of itself!) Thanks for all your help! Cheers, - Sonali. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/06 6:09 AM >>> Your ssh command takes local port 5901 from your home computer, and forwards it to port 5900 on the work computer. However, your work computer is listening on port 5901. Also, your VNC command wants to connect to port 5900 on your home computer, which isn't doing anything. (This leads me to guess that your home PC is not running a VNC server, correct?). Assuming that your ssh connection is successful, and that your work machine permits you (that is, the [EMAIL PROTECTED] user), then all you need to do is correctly match up your ports, which you can do by either, but not both, of the methods below. Either: On the work machine type "vncserver :0" or just "vncserver" to start it; it will then listen on port 5900. When you connect, type "localhost:1". This option will means that your work machine will listen on the expected port form VNC, and also that you can run a VNC server on your home machine that also listens on port 5900 that will work correctly when the ssh connection is established. Or: Change the ssh command to: "ssh -L 5900:localhost:5901 [EMAIL PROTECTED]". Note that this option will create a clash with a VNC server running on your home machine on the default port, should you decide to set one up, since both the VNC server and ssh will try to listen on that port. Doing both of the above will cause the problem you had before to re-appear, since you will have swapped ports at each end. Also, like Jaroslaw said, make sure that your ssh server permits tunnelling. If it is not permitted, you won't get any messages to that effect when you start ssh: the terminal side will still function but the tunnelling part will be silently dropped. Hope this helps, Stewart [NutmeG] Becker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonali Tamhankar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:25 AM Subject: unable to connect to host: connection refused (11061) > Hello, > > I am having trouble using vnc from my home computer. I just installed > viewer and server but did not click "start the server" box. I set up > password. Then I logged onto my work machine with the command "ssh -L > 5901:localhost:5900 [EMAIL PROTECTED]". I did type "vncserver :1" on my > work machine, and ps tells me Xvnc is running on that machine. Now if I > try to run vnc viewer from my home computer, and type "localhost" for > server name, I get the above message. Can someone please tell me why > this might be happening? > > Thanks so much, > > - Sonali. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
