I am trying, unsuccessfully, to make a VNC connection from Windows98 (office of my client) to my woody machine. Perhaps I am misunderstanding something about the usage of VNC, and if anyone could help, I would really appreciate it.
I start the vncserver by $ vncserver :4, then check for my password in ~/.vnc/passwd. I discover it to be \111A\222\333P\444L\555, I then launch vncviewer from the windows machine, and am prompted for the address I wish to establish a connection to, I type in "my dynamic ip address:4", and I am then prompted for "session password", and type \111A\222\333P\444L\555, and I get a notification: VNC authentication failed! Following is the vnc log for this session, and I am unable to decipher what I am doing incorrectly, and, as mentioned, need help 08/12/00 10:39:35 Xvnc version 3.3.3r2 08/12/00 10:39:35 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. 08/12/00 10:39:35 All Rights Reserved. 08/12/00 10:39:35 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on VNC 08/12/00 10:39:35 Desktop name 'X' (pieno:4) 08/12/00 10:39:35 Protocol version supported 3.3 08/12/00 10:39:35 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5904 08/12/00 10:39:35 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5804 08/12/00 10:39:35 URL http://pieno:5804 08/12/00 10:41:17 Got connection from client 205.xxx.xx.xxx 08/12/00 10:41:18 Protocol version 3.3 08/12/00 10:42:15 rfbAuthProcessClientMessage: authentication failed from 205.xxx.xx.xxx 08/12/00 10:42:15 Client 205.xxx.xx.xxx gone 08/12/00 10:42:15 Statistics: 08/12/00 10:42:15 framebuffer updates 0, rectangles 0, bytes 0 Any thoughts will be much appreciated. Also, one trivial question, what is the easiest way for me to determine my ip address. Currently, I check the ppp log which identifies the address of the local and remote machines when a connetion is established. This involves "su"ing, opening and scanning the log, looking for a smarter way. Sorry for the dumb question. Thanks very much, -- Giulio Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]