Xvnc

[jahizbarlas]

HI,
I just installed Xvnc on a machine at school to access it while I am at home. I am having problems as when i try to run the program from home through putty, i get the following message:
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
I am not root, so I am not able to run the remove command.
Anyway I can run the desktop environment from home?
Thanks,
jahiz

[moutaye]

have you tried to run the vncserver on another display on your remote machine. For example you can dedicate channel 2 to remote management:

#vncserver :2

Then at home using Cygwin or any other Unix environment emulation you can do the following:

ssh -l root -L5902&#58;localhost&#58;5902 <ip_adress>

The above command will encapsulate your Xvnc session through SSH.

Then run your VNC viewer on

localhost:2

and enter your password.

If this fails try the Java VNC. You can reach your remote system using a simple web browser. Your Xvnc server should have open port 5801. So on the URL field type on

http&#58;//<ip_adress>&#58;5801

hope this helps

cheers