Hi Louis, Thanks for your help ! indeed, this was the problem. Greets, Franky. On Friday 26 November 2004 22:30, Louis Richards wrote:
On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 10:57, Franky Goethals wrote:
Hi Louis,
That works fine, but when i establish a connection, a see a black screen with a big X as mouse-pointer, and no my normal KDE-desktop. Also i cannot find any way to execute something.
Greets, Franky.
The fact that you are getting the screen with the X cursor indicates that the VNC Server program is working properly. The absence of a logon screen would indicate that KDM is not allowing XDMCP connections.
Check at the bottom of the file "/etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc". You should see a section titled "[Xdmcp]" and just under that it should say "Enable=true".
Make sure the above is OK and the go to a regular console screen, logon as root, and type "rckdm restart" and smash ENTER.
I use this method to get at my systems. The desktop sharing app is for assisting users (getting on to their already running desktop). These are two different methods for two different needs. This is probably why the Desktop Sharing app defaults to requiring a user to authorize access. You would, after all, be getting on to their in use desktop. The xinetd vnc server is available without this requirement as you are presented with a logon screen. While not as good for assisting a user, this is better for remote administration and/or getting at a headless server.
HTH Louis
P.S. Of course, "ssh -X" works wonders too. ;-)
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