[NBLUG/talk] TightVNC and RH Linux

[Mitch Patenaude]

VNC has the ability to have multiple screens, and the ports are 5800 + 
screen number and 5900 + screen number.

They made the decision (good or bad) to tie the VNC screen number and 
the X display number (makes it easier to keep them straight).  Since 
you probably already have a DISPLAY :0 running your main X server, it 
(probably) choose screen number 1.[*]  So most likely the ports are 
5801 and 5901.

You can check which screen number by looking in $HOME/.vnc directory 
under linux.  You'll see some logfiles which might also help diagnose 
problems.

Also, the fact that you mention port 590x and a browser leads me to 
believe that you've using the Java applet viewer.  When possible, I 
prefer to use a dedicated viewer.  You can download one for windows or 
*nix from www.realvnc.com.  You can also find viewers for Mac OS X, 
Palm, I've heard rumors of cell phones ... well just about anything.

   -- Mitch

[*] I don't rmemeber right now, but they may have made the decision to 
not ever grab display :0, since that is typically reserved for the 
hardware X server.

On Saturday, Feb 7, 2004, at 08:02 US/Pacific, 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?
>
> Todd
>
> Mark Street wrote:
>
>> What's the problem?    vncserver and vncviewer are your friends.
>>
>> On Saturday 07 February 2004 07:22 am, Todd Cary wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone using TightVNC?  The reason I ask is because I am trying to
>>> run it on RH 9, but I have some problems.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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