To Gavin's point on VNC clients: I've seen strange behavior with RealVNC; I'd suggest Tight VNC.
On 8/23/08, Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Last weekend, I had to move the physical VMware server to its original > > location, and everything was shutdown gracefully, including all VM's. > > When I powered back up, I could no longer connect the the Edubuntu > > workstations, and I cannot find any way to get them to work now. > > According to the RealVNC website, the error I am receiving is related to > > the VNC server wanting to secure the session. The free version of VNC > > viewer does not encrypt the session, and for this testing, encryption is > > not required. > > > > Since I could not find any firewall or configuration issue preventing > > access, and having made certain all three Edubuntu workstations did not > > have the "Require Encryption" check box enabled, I created a new Edubuntu > > VM. Here are the results. > > > > 1: Installed Ubuntu Workstation 9 2.6.24-19-generic > > ** Windows based VNC Clients work with this configuration. > > 2: Installed Edubuntu add-in, no reboot > > ** Windows based VNC Clients work with this configuration. > > 3: Rebooted Edubuntu Workstation > > ** Windows based VNC Clients DO NOT work with this configuration. > > 4: Fully patched (107 files downloaded) > > ** Windows based VNC Clients DO NOT work with this configuration. > > > > I have even tried the original fix of checking then unchecking the > > "Require Encryption" advanced option. > > You say Windows-based VNC clients don't work. Do Linux-based VNC clients > work? It wouldn't be a solution, but it might be useful to help understand > the problem. Also, have you tried any other windows-based VNC clients? > > Have you tried manually starting the vino vnc server from the command line? > There's some interesting stuff here on how to control vino a little better: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=266981 > > You could also (as a workaround), try installing vnc4server and starting it > from the command line. That might help get you going. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- Cameron Tully-Smith Software and Systems Integration [EMAIL PROTECTED] 707-321-8029 (cell) http://www.linkedin.com/in/camerontullysmith
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