Re: [SLE] What exactly to do to get kde running on vnc server and access it from winxp ?
From: Alex Angerhofer (alex_at_chem.ufl.edu)
Date: 01/10/05
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:41:36 -0500 (EST) To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Robert Rozman wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Angerhofer" <alex@chem.ufl.edu>
> To: <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
> Cc: "Alex Angerhofer" <alex@chem.ufl.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLE] What exactly to do to get kde running on vnc server and
> access it from winxp ?
>
>
> > On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Robert Rozman wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've enabled first vnc service in xinetd. Then I got empty frame with no
> kde
> > > in it, when acessing to ip:1 from winxp.
> > >
> > > Then I went further to fiddle with settings and now I'm getting nothing.
> > >
> > > What else should I exactly do to enable kde desktop on vnc server ?
> > >
> >
> > You are in luck since I just fiddled with this and am now quite happy with
> > my setup. Since you messed with the settings, you may want to bring them
> > back to the original state before proceeding.
> >
> > In your case you probably forgot to open up the firewall on port 5901 or
> > 5801 depending on whether you want to use vncviewer or the http protocol
> > on your xp machine. A safer solution is to tunnel through ssh. Point your
> > browser to http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/sshvnc.html and
> > confidently apply the recipe given there.
> >
> > Best regards, Alex.
> Hi,
>
> I don't have firewall running |(I'm also on local network). I'm just
> curious. You've enabled vnc in xinetd in yast2, what else did you have to do
> to get KDE show up on vnc connection ?
>
I enabled vnc via: yast2 --> Network Services --> Remote Administration
--> Allow ...
It looks like this provides a switch for the service to be *really*
available. I just checked and if I don't have this set I observe the same
behavior as you, i.e., a grey screen.
HTH, Alex.
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