[NBLUG/talk] TightVNC and RH Linux

[augie]

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Todd Cary wrote:
> When I do ps -A | grep "vnc" I get Xvnc, so vnc is running.
> What I am unclear about is how to access it from a client.  On my
> windows box, I have the TightVNC client running and I have ports 5800
> and 5900 open on the router, but I cannot connect.
> What is a good trouble shooting approach?

Well if you are running a firewall on the box you want to connect to,
you would have to open up those ports. You could check the logs
(/var/log/messages) to see what's getting caught.

Also there is excellent documentation on these sites:

http://www.realvnc.com/gettingstarted.html
http://www.realvnc.com/documentation.html
http://www.tightvnc.com/docs.html

augie.


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