[In a message on Sun, 07 May 2006 19:48:13 EDT, Andrew Zirkel wrote:] >OSX has a vnc server built in. Go into your sharing prefs and turn >Apple Remote Desktop on. It'll pop up a dialog asking for which >permissions to give local users. Populate the VNC password field and >then a vnc client will be able to connect. And yes you must be >running a server to connect, the client is just the viewer.
Only-kinda-sorta. Pre-tiger, you didn't get ARD1.2, which was what you need for VNC "compatibility". And now that you've mentioned it, I fear poor Wez will have to chime in an extole the evils of Apple's RFB "compatibility". In anycase, the issue still stands: Which server(s) are running on which machines? Sean >On May 7, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Sean Kamath wrote: > >> [In a message on Sun, 07 May 2006 17:15:22 BST, >> Phil Dobbin wrote:] >>> Hi, all. >>> >>> I'm trying to set up a Debian box running RealVNC (as server) to a >>> Mac OS X (1 >>> 0.4.6) box running Chicken of the VNC. >>> >>> Everytime I run: >>> >>> foobar #vncviewer >>> >>> from the Linux box and enter an IP address, vncviewer aborts. The >>> IP address i >>> s assigned from a ADSL Router/Modem (i.e. Linux has 10.0.0.7, Mac >>> 10.0.0.6 and >>> the router 10.0.0.138). >>> >>> If I try to connect Mac -> Linux I get a connection refused on >>> port 5900. I'm >>> using the password set up in vncpasswd. >>> >>> A search of the mailing list archives turned up nothing, so any >>> help appreciat >>> ed. >> >> I'm a little confused. So the Mac is runnig CotVNC (which is a VIEWER >> only), and the Linux box is running vncviewer as well. Where's the >> server? You have to be running a server like OSXvnc on the Mac, and >> you have to run vncserver on the linux box. . . >> >> Sean >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
