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pollywog@slider:~$ apt-cache policy vnc4-common
vnc4-common:
Installed: 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu1.6.10.1
Candidate: 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu1.6.10.1
Version table:
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This is what I have on my kubuntu Edgy system, in addition to having installed gdm in place of kdm:
ii vnc4-common 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu1.6.10.1 Virtual...

I need to add that I recompiled gdm with the secure option (see my previous post) on the client machine. When I get gdm's login window, there is a choice of sessions (KDE, Gnome, etc) but there is...

I just tried something that seems really useful.

I downloaded the deb-src packages for gdm and in the debian/rules file, I added the option
--enable-secureremote=yes

When the package was done...

When you make changes to gdm, you need to restart it (you do not need to reboot) and when you make changes to xinetd.conf or inetd.conf, you need to restart xinetd or inetd.

About the only time...

Don't put gdm in the xstartup file. GDM (Gnome Desktop Manager) is your session manager and it should start automatically when you boot into Ubuntu. If it doesn't, do 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm'...

You followed the instructions for Ubuntu and you are using gdm as your session manager?
The instructions are slightly different for kdm.

I think the reason you are just getting a plain gray screen is that on the remote (server) side, you need to:

cd -

vi .vnc/xstartup

in the file xstartup put something like

fvwm2 &

I recall I had a similar problem relating to displays.

I wonder if there is a way to force the VNC server to bind to localhost. I can then use SSH tunneling through localhost. I can do that now but it would be nice to be able to force the VNC server to...

There is a line in /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc which points to where the fonts are located. I had to change this line, the default one was incorrect. Another thing is that on one of my systems, I am running...

I got it working in kubuntu but it does not work in Debian Sarge and I believe it's because XFree86 is installed there, not xorg. Also the fonts must be in a different place in Debian Sarge.

I finally got this working in kubuntu using the following:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=259448

There is a problem, though. When I do:

xvncviewer remotehost :1

xvncviewer...

I just tried this and it works for me, but I am still getting the plain grey screen on the remote host. Some other setup must be required to get this working but the ssh part works.

I am using...

This happened to me when I did not have a password set.
I then used the vncpasswd command to set one.

Thanks, this helped me. I am now getting a screen. There is nothing on it but this is progress. I should have thought to check the path to the fonts when I first tried this and got errors, but I...

I also tried to connect to a machine running Debian Sarge from two machines running kubuntu Edgy and the connection was denied but I am able to telnet to the Sarge machine on port 5901 from the same...

I am using kdm. I would need to use gdm to get this to work?
I don't know if I can install gdm because when I installed it on another Edgy system recently, a bug kept me from logging in and I had...