dear friends, I am Using Suse 8.2 & Real VNC 4 vnc-4.0-0b4.i386.rpm As per guide line given by Mr. Jerry Westrick at http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/cgi-bin/jerry@westrick.com and additional reference "Setting up VNC on Linux" By Jeff Vincent I tried following. When I try to connect from a Win XP machine using Viewer I get a Blank Window with "X11" in the caption. The windows has a X shaped cursor which I am able to move mouse. I am not able to get Login prompt or normal GUI login window. with vncviewer I tried 192.168.10.1:50/51/52/60/61/62 with all same result. Please Note that if I undo all the changes and get back GUI at Console logged in as a user, run vncserver at shell prompt and try to connect from same xp machine I am able to get kde desktop in vncviewer of-course I have modified .vnc/xstartup file and added "startkde &" at end. This setting is common in both setups. in later case also I am not able to get login prompt but I feel its normal. Can Somebody help me in this Regard. Thanks. Best Regards R. S. Patil ================ Details Are As Follows ================ 1)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- edited /etc/services and at end added vnc640x8 5950/tcp # Small vnc800x8 5951/tcp # Medium vnc1024x8 5952/tcp # Large vnc640x16 5960/tcp # Small vnc800x16 5961/tcp # Medium vnc1024x16 5962/tcp # Large 2)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- edited /etc/inetd.conf and added at end (each line is broken for e-mail purpose) vnc640x8 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/Xvnc :50 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 640x480 -depth 8 securitytypes=none vnc800x8 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/Xvnc :51 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 800x600 -depth 8 passwordFile=/home/rsp/.vnc/passwd vnc1024x8 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/Xvnc :52 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 8 passwordFile=/home/rsp/.vnc/passwd vnc640x16 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/Xvnc :60 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 640x480 -depth 16 passwordFile=/home/rsp/.vnc/passwd vnc800x16 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/Xvnc :61 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 passwordFile=/home/rsp/.vnc/passwd vnc1024x16 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/Xvnc :62 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 passwordFile=/home/rsp/.vnc/passwd # End. 3)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created a new file called vncserver in /etc/xinetd.d (additional work than suggested but gave me result of atleast connecting) service vnc640x8 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = :50 -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 640x480 -depth 8 securitytypes=none } service vnc800x8 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = :51 -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 800x600 -depth 8 securitytypes=none } service vnc1024x8 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = :52 -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 8 securitytypes=none } service vnc640x16 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = :60 -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 640x480 -depth 16 securitytypes=none } service vnc800x16 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = :61 -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 securitytypes=none } service vnc1024x16 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = :62 -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 securitytypes=none } 4)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Yast2-.>System->Sysconfig Editor changed DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS to yes changed DISPLAYMANAGER_STARTS_XSERVER to no changed KDM_SHUTDOWN to root changed KDM_GREETSTRING to "welcome To VNC Server" then saved the changes 5)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config commented "! DisplayManager.requestPort: 0" edited /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess uncommented * #any host can get a login window Edited /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and uncommented following lines in [Xdmcp] section # Whether KDM should listen to XDMCP requests. Default is true. Enable=true # The UDP port KDM should listen on for XDMCP requests. Don't change the 177. Port=17 Rebooted the system 6)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) I am able to Ping the Linux Box. 2) I can Telnet Linux Box and Run Commands 3) lsof Command Gives Following Command # lsof -i -n -P | grep -v 127.0.0.1 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME portmap 656 bin 3u IPv4 1204 UDP *:111 portmap 656 bin 4u IPv4 1294 TCP *:111 (LISTEN) nmbd 703 root 6u IPv4 1306 UDP *:137 nmbd 703 root 7u IPv4 1307 UDP *:138 nmbd 703 root 8u IPv4 1309 UDP 192.168.10.1:137 nmbd 703 root 9u IPv4 1310 UDP 192.168.10.1:138 ibserver 730 root 0u IPv4 1580 TCP *:3050 (LISTEN) ibserver 781 root 0u IPv4 1580 TCP *:3050 (LISTEN) sshd 831 root 3u IPv6 1625 TCP *:22 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 5u IPv4 3555 TCP *:901 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 8u IPv4 3558 TCP *:9098 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 9u IPv4 3559 TCP *:23 (LISTEN) *************** It seems Xvnc is Running *************** xinetd 1096 root 10u IPv4 3560 TCP *:5950 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 11u IPv4 3561 TCP *:5951 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 12u IPv4 3562 TCP *:5952 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 13u IPv4 3563 TCP *:5960 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 14u IPv4 3564 TCP *:5961 (LISTEN) xinetd 1096 root 15u IPv4 3565 TCP *:5962 (LISTEN) *************** It seems Xvnc is Running *************** xinetd 1096 root 16u IPv4 3566 TCP *:21 (LISTEN) smbd 1097 root 9u IPv4 3548 TCP *:139 (LISTEN) httpd 1130 root 16u IPv4 4441 TCP *:80 (LISTEN) httpd 1149 wwwrun 16u IPv4 4441 TCP *:80 (LISTEN) in.telnet 1229 root 0u IPv4 11340 TCP 192.168.10.1:23->192.168.10.248:1625 (ESTABLISHED) in.telnet 1229 root 1u IPv4 11340 TCP 192.168.10.1:23->192.168.10.248:1625 (ESTABLISHED) in.telnet 1229 root 2u IPv4 11340 TCP 192.168.10.1:23->192.168.10.248:1625 (ESTABLISHED)