nixCraft

Hi all,


I am a newbie to Linux administration but I am eager to learn as we are moving more and more to Linux Servers in our org.

We will be moving our oracle 10g to run on Linux from windows. I installed Linux redhat ES 5 to, I configured VNCSERVER, add ports used by VNC in IPTALBLES then edited xstartup to allow gnome to load. When I try to access the box from windows XP using vnc viewer all I get is a grey window with the manager. I contacted red hat support they emailed me instructions on how to configure VNCSERVER still didn’t work. I run a sysreport send it to them but they have not responded with any solutions. I am turning to this form for help.


Thanks in advance.

Linux newbie J

Can you post the things you did here ?

First thinks for your replay. these are the steps I took:
- logged in as Root then tuped in VNCSERVER, set password. created 2 users set there VNCSERVER Dispaly for diffrent settings:
- Edited IPTABLES to add port 5901- 5909 restarted IPTABLE services
-Edited xstartup file under .VNC directory ( uncommented the first 2 line
- I have fedora 8 installed in diffrent machine and VNC works fine.

if you need more details please let me know.


thanks again,


Aziz

Are you sure that you're connecting to the right display when connecting from windows machine. You can pass the display number along with the IP of the fedora machine.

Eg: 192.168.1.1:2 where 2 is the display. vnc usually prints the display its on when you start it.