Tiger VNC server

[lawtonsd]

So I am not really sure if this is the best thread for this.

But I am having a problem with tiger vnc.

I think I have things set up correctly, I ssh into the remote machine just fine. Then I use tiger vnc viewer with localhost:5902 and as expected I get a window that at first looks "right". But then the windows are all blurred and I have limited ability to navigate within the system.

I am really at a loss to try to figure this out.

About 2 months ago, the same configuration that I am using now worked beautifully. But now, as I said, it is useless despite me getting in.

I am guessing this is some kind of "x" issue or a config issue, but I really do not know where to begin with trouble shooting.

Any help would be appreciated.

-Sean

EDIT: I am happy to upload and files, or screen shots.

[SteveBurt]

I am also having problems with TigerVnc.
Let me give some background.
What I would like to do is connect to my Linux machine using RDP.
'xrdp' lets me do that, mapping rdp on top of VNC. Loveley.
But xrdp require tigernvc. And when I run tigervnc on fc15 it crashes in a shared library.
realvnc works OK on fc15 (although only with xfce, not twm), but xrdp won't work with that.

So I thought I should upgrade, since fc15 isn't supported.
Upgraded to fc17 and aside from it nuking all my NFS settings and Kerberos credentials, all OK.

But now VNC doesn't work at all. I run VNC server, and I can see the Xvnc is running and listening on port 5901 (netstat shows it listening on this port)
If I try to connect with a VNC client, I can see (using tcpdump) that the client is sending SYN requests on port 5901 - which the server is ignoring. There is nothing in any log file.
What gives? VNC used to work well in older Fedora releases, but seems to have been progressively made harder to set up and less reliable.

[MotherDawg]

Ouch...

I apologize, I haven't been here lately, my Tiger was purring along just fine.
But then I bought a few used drives (160+640gig sata), used board (K8N Neo2 v2/3000+ 64bit), new graphic card(7800GS) so I'm re-arranging my hardware.

Wouldn't you know... TigerVNC ain't workinnnnnnnnnnnn no moe. Frack!
Had to come back here... LoL

So there are 3 ~new~ posts:

If you fixed the issue, could you please post what did you do.
It's been 3 months... if you guys moved on... so be it.

Fedotix (post #60)
systemctl enable vncserver@multi-user.service
Not sure here but I think that the value is supposed to be your DISPLAY name: "vncserver@:1.service"

Sean (post #61)
Blurr... yes, screen shots please.

SteveBurt (post #62)
"crashes in a shared library." Which one ?
When you go
systemctl status vncserver@:1.service

You should be getting something like:
vncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC)
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service; enabled)
Active: active (running)

Have Fun You All'

[oystercatcher]

These are some of my notes for vnc-server on f18



Notes: I have been unable to use gnome on remote server


01. yum groupinstall xfce-desktop
on the remote computer

02. yum install tigervnc, tigervnc-server
on the remote computer


03. vnc server configuration

su -
cd /lib/systemd/system

cp vncserver@.service vncserver@:1.service

edit the file vncserver@:1.service


replace <user> in the two lines with the userid
that will be used to sign on to the vnc server.


04. copy or move the modified file vncserver@:1.service
to /etc/systemd/system/

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl --system daemon-reload

systemctl enable vncserver@:1.service
systemctl start vncserver@:1.service

05. sign on to the vnc-server computer with the
userid specified in the vncserver@:1.service

run the vncpasswd commmand to setup a vnc
password.

vncpasswd

06. before signing into the account assuming gnome
is the default session change it to xfce.


07. cd /home/user/.vnc

create a file called xstartup assuming there is no
existing such file.

touch xstartup
chmod +x xstartup


08. sample xstartup file

vncconfig -iconic -nowin &

unset SESSION_MANAGER
export VNCSESSION="TRUE"
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources

xsetroot -solid grey
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -title "$VNCDESKTOP" &
#fluxbox &

/usr/bin/xfce4-session &


09. Change firewall on vnc-server computer to allow
access to the vnc-server port 5901

10. Now back on the computer that wants to access the
vnc-server start the application remote desktop

click the connect icon
protocol should be vnc and on the host line enter
the ip address of the vncserver followed by colon
and 1.

Example:

192.168.1.50:1

you will be prompted for the vnc password
and then probably the xfce screensaver password

[MotherDawg]

Oystercatcher... Welcome my friend

What a nice procedure list. Thank You.

Gnome 3 on F18 :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896648

Adam Tkac is TigerVNC.

I don't do Gnome 3, I switched to Mate and Xfce desktops so I can have a workable system.
I don't need a crazy interface.

Again THX