VNC on Linux

[seanf77]

anyone have any experience installing and configuring VNC on a Linux box? I am trying to connect to a Linux box running VNC from a Windows machine. I installed VNC on the linux box, ran vncserver, prompted me for a password and started. It looks like it runing ok, but when I try to connect to it from VNC on my Windows machine it cannot find the server. I have network connectivity. Is there a config on the linux side I am missing?

Thanks!

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

If you run vncserver from X then the default display will be :1 0 is your X on linux) so you'd need to put an address like '172.16.16.1 :1' into the vncviewer app on windoze (where 172.16.16.1 is IP address of linux box). It seems to use ports 5801, 5901 and 6001 at the linux (server) end and 5901 at the client end. So, it could be a firewall issue - i.e. you need to allow those ports through.

Regards