Larry, Thanks for the feedback. When I try 192.168.0.106:1, I receive the following message:
----------------- Unable to connect to host: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (10065) ----------------- When I change the host file, as you suggested, and try laptop:1, I get the same error message as above. It seems to me that the problem may be on the Linux side now. The error message has changed, but I still don't have a connection to the laptop. Please note that ftp'ing between the desktop and laptop still works, so there is a connection between the laptop and the desktop. Regards, Mark -----Original Message----- From: Larry Brigman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:46 AM To: mark strauss Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unable To Connect Between Windows-XP and Fedora 4 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
