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--- "Harrington, Lee" <lee.harrington@lightsedge.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just wanted to report on using VNC with Linux. Last time I
> mentioned that
> I couldn't get it to work (although works great with windows).
>
> I moved the executables into my /usr/local/bin and was able to get
> the
> vncviewer to control my Win2k laptop. Worked pretty well.
>
> I still can't control my Linux desktop from my Win2k laptop though.
> I get a
> "socket" error. It's probably related to the same reason I can't get
> telnet
> to work on my box.
>
> I removed pmfirewall (or something like that) from startup (using
> DrakConf),
> and rebooted (old windows habit). I look at my process monitor and
> can't
> see anything that looks like pmfirewall so I figure it's not running
> anymore.
>
> I'm stumped as to what else may be blocking my telnet and vnc ports.
>
> And on the "X Server" front. I have downloaded a few. They all
> prefer to
> work with telnet, and telnet's not working. I can ssh, but haven't
> been
> able to get any of the X Server's to work with ssh (even those that
> say they
> can).
Check the following:
1) the telnet daemon is installed on your system (in.telnetd) and not
commented out in your /etc/inetd.conf
2) there are no rules in your /etc/hosts.[allow][deny] files that
preclude access to telnet.
HTH
--
Arun K.
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