running vncserver between linux and windows

[cvia7503]

I have a Linux box and a Windows box on my desk. I want to use VNC to control my Linux box while I carry out my main work functions on my Windows box.

On Linux, i type

# vncserver

and it works and tells me a new desktop is started.

However, when i use Tridia VNC on Windows to connect to it, the connection fails. If I switch the Linux box over to Windows on another drive, it will connect just fine. Is there anything special that I need to do for this senario?

[lakerdonald]

make sure that when the prompt appears on windows, include the screen number in the address field:
i.e. instead of:

192.168.0.100

do:

192.168.0.100:1

or whatever the screen that it has started up.
-lakerdonald

[kkubasik]

be carefu, some viewers interpret that as port (realVNC is an example) for instance

192.160.0.102:1

would access port one, not window one, try that some, if thats doesn't work, run the program nmap on ip 127.0.0.1 (local loopback) it will list all active ports, You shoud see one that is labeld VNC or something of the sort, and a port numer in a format roughly like this

5900/VNC

in whitch case try from the client

192.168.0.102:5900

Let us know!

[cvia7503]

I tried both formats:

[1] Checked the Linux command output after invoking "vncserver", and got the following: "Desktop is HDTEST:1"

I then typed "204.235.200.150:1" and it failed, probably because Tridia VNC is looking at the port number after :

[2] I typed netstat -atop and saw that Xvnc is using port 5901, and so I used "204.235.200.150:5900" and "204.235.200.150:5901" with failure from both. I am going to keep at this some more.

[kkubasik]

ok, you might want to try the tightvnc server package. Or if you are using KDE, it has a vnc server integrated.