[opensuse] vnc remote connection problem
Hello, I'm not sure if I have configured things correctly, but whenever I try to connect remotely via tight vnc viewer all I get is a grey screen. If I try via firefox I get this error: RFB 003.008 Is there somewhere else I need to change settings besides in Yast - Remote Admin and in Sax Remote Administration? I do not have my firewall running at all so that is not a problem. Dan. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 25 February 2007 20:58, Dan wrote:
Hello,
I'm not sure if I have configured things correctly, but whenever I try to connect remotely via tight vnc viewer all I get is a grey screen. If I try via firefox I get this error:
RFB 003.008
That looks like you're trying to connect to the VNC port, and not the webvnc port. Normal vnc is port 5900+screen, so screen 1 is 5901. webvnc is 5800+screen The grey screen could be that you haven't restarted kdm yet. This needs restarting, so the new settings can take effect. Try running "rcxdm restart" and then try vnc again On the other hand, if you have restarted xdm (or rebooted the entire server) since setting Remote Administration in yast, then something else must be wrong. In this case, look for error messages in /var/log/kdm.log (or the files in /var/log/gdm/ in case you're using gdm) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 25 February 2007 14:04, Anders Johansson wrote:
The grey screen could be that you haven't restarted kdm yet. This needs restarting, Is the gray screen specled? and, is the mouse pointer a very large X. --- if so, what you have connected to is the X server *without* a window manager running over it.
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On Sunday 25 February 2007 23:10, M Harris wrote:
On Sunday 25 February 2007 14:04, Anders Johansson wrote:
The grey screen could be that you haven't restarted kdm yet. This needs restarting,
Is the gray screen specled? and, is the mouse pointer a very large X. --- if so, what you have connected to is the X server *without* a window manager running over it.
Yeah, that was sort of my point. When you connect, X is started and tries to do a query to the display (not window) manager. If this isn't responding for some reason, you get a grey screen, and the most common reason for it is that the display manager hasn't been restarted after enabling xdmcp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Are you running into this bug in 10.2 ? Solved by correcting a syntax error in /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/custom.conf [xdmcp] enable=true Should be: [xdmcp] Enable=true this stung me hard too. -tl On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 13:58 -0600, Dan wrote:
Hello,
I'm not sure if I have configured things correctly, but whenever I try to connect remotely via tight vnc viewer all I get is a grey screen. If I try via firefox I get this error:
RFB 003.008
Is there somewhere else I need to change settings besides in Yast - Remote Admin and in Sax Remote Administration? I do not have my firewall running at all so that is not a problem.
Dan.
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On Sunday 25 February 2007 16:36, tleslie wrote:
[xdmcp] enable=true
Should be:
[xdmcp] Enable=true You have got to be kidding... right?
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Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 25 February 2007 20:58, Dan wrote:
Hello,
I'm not sure if I have configured things correctly, but whenever I try to connect remotely via tight vnc viewer all I get is a grey screen. If I try via firefox I get this error:
RFB 003.008
That looks like you're trying to connect to the VNC port, and not the webvnc port. Normal vnc is port 5900+screen, so screen 1 is 5901. webvnc is 5800+screen
The grey screen could be that you haven't restarted kdm yet. This needs restarting, so the new settings can take effect. Try running "rcxdm restart" and then try vnc again
On the other hand, if you have restarted xdm (or rebooted the entire server) since setting Remote Administration in yast, then something else must be wrong. In this case, look for error messages in /var/log/kdm.log (or the files in /var/log/gdm/ in case you're using gdm)
Thanks, that worked perfectly. Dan. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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