On Sun Nov 09, 2008 at 11:35:28PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am able to successfully connect from a client PC (Fedora 9) to the remote
> machine (Fedora 9) using
>
> $ vncviewer 192.168.101.153:5901
>
> provided I am logged in as as user (not root) and start my vncserver as
>
> $ vncserver :1
>
> However, I am unable to complete the connection if I start the vncserver
> while logged in as root:
>
> # /sbin/service vncserver start
>
> I have modified (as root)
>
> /etc/sysconfig/vncservers
>
> to include:
>
> VNCSERVERS="1:mythtv"
> VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd -localhost"
>
> where mythtv is the user name.
>
> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. Why does it work in one case, but
> not the other?
>
I'd say the problem is that you've specifically told the VNC server not
to listen for TCP connections (-nolisten tcp), and the "-localhost" will
probably also cause issues. This setup is for using alongside a secure
tunnel (e.g. ssh) which you're not currently using.
HTH,
Robin
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