anthalamus
July 14th, 2010, 07:03 PM
Hi everyone,
I am trying to use the Remote Desktop and run into the following issue, when I connect to the vncserver, nothing happens :o :
10:21:35 anthony@xxx:~$ vncviewer localhost:0
...
CConn: connected to host localhost port 5900It says connected but no new windows open or anything. I know for a fact that the server is running on port 5900 display :0
10:20:43 anthony@xxx:~$ lsof -i -n -P
...
vino-serv 14905 anthony 16u IPv6 2545680 0t0 TCP *:5900 (LISTEN)
...I disabled the firewall for testing purposes so it can't be it either. I also disabled the prompt for permission to connect (I'm on a very secured network btw). When I use vinagre (the GUI tool), it doesn't ask for the display and only a terminal appears, no desktop.
Now maybe I misunderstand what VNC can do, I'm trying to access my current desktop remotely (well actually locally first), meaning that I don't want to connect to a NEW desktop. Hopefully that's possible with VNC!
Thanks a lot in advance :wink:
Anthony
I am trying to use the Remote Desktop and run into the following issue, when I connect to the vncserver, nothing happens :o :
10:21:35 anthony@xxx:~$ vncviewer localhost:0
...
CConn: connected to host localhost port 5900It says connected but no new windows open or anything. I know for a fact that the server is running on port 5900 display :0
10:20:43 anthony@xxx:~$ lsof -i -n -P
...
vino-serv 14905 anthony 16u IPv6 2545680 0t0 TCP *:5900 (LISTEN)
...I disabled the firewall for testing purposes so it can't be it either. I also disabled the prompt for permission to connect (I'm on a very secured network btw). When I use vinagre (the GUI tool), it doesn't ask for the display and only a terminal appears, no desktop.
Now maybe I misunderstand what VNC can do, I'm trying to access my current desktop remotely (well actually locally first), meaning that I don't want to connect to a NEW desktop. Hopefully that's possible with VNC!
Thanks a lot in advance :wink:
Anthony