[plug] Vncserver problem

[Leon Brooks]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:28, Steege, Phil E wrote:
> When I try to connect from WinVNC, using vncviewer to the ip address of the
> linux box, it will not connect.  It doesn't even ask for a password.
> Could it be blocked because of ssh ?

Do a `netstat -tanp' - VNC should be listening on (OTToMH) 5901 (Linux VNC 
screen numbers start from 1, despite X knowing them as `hostname:0.0'). 
Unless you specify a screen number, Windows is likely to be connecting at 
5900 (Windows screen numbers start at 0). I may have this backwards. You can 
find out where Windows is trying to connect by doing this...

    tcpdump -i eth0 host ip.of.w2k.host

...while you're trying to connect from W2k.

Cheers; Leon