On 5/23/06, mark strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,I'm having problems connecting with VNC between a Windows-XP desktop (as the viewer) and a Linux Fedora Core 4 laptop (as the server). I've read through the documentation and searched the VNC discussion list. The error message I get on my desktop is: Unable to resolve host by name: The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data Being resolved for. (11004) Notes: 1) I started the VNC server on the Linux laptop by typing in the following command: > vncserver And received the following results: New 'localhost.localdomain:1 (mark)' desktop is localhost.localdomain:1 Which leads me to believe the server was started 2) I started the VNC viewer on the Windows-XP desktop by using the following menus/pulldowns: Start > All Programs > RealVNC > VNC Viewer 4 > Run VNC Viewer And filled in the Server field in the GUI with localhost.localdomain:1 To which the error message above (Unable to resolve...) was displayed. I am able to ping 192.168.0.106 (which is the Linux laptop's IP address). I am also able to ftp from the Windows-XP desktop to the Linux laptop. What am I missing here? Thanks in advance,
localhost.localdomain does not have a DNS entry that can be found and localhost always points to the machine you are on. Try using 192.168.0.106:1 from your windows machine. If the the IP addresses will not move then you can give the laptop a name from your windows machine by adding it to your \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file like: 192.168.0.106 laptop Then you can enter into the vncviewer on windows laptop:1 and connect. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
