lost my connection
Hi everyone, I have remote access to my sister's computer. She lives in California and is visually impaired. She had a power blackout several weeks ago and her computer went down. Since then, I've lost my remote access. I get an error message that looks like this: Unable to connect to remote host. Connection timed out (error 10060). Those may not be the exact words but it's something like that. How can I get it up and running? Does it have to be done on her end? If so, I need to explain it to her computer trainer. Any advice? Many thanks! Sigrid Sigrid Macdonald Author and Editor http://damourroad.blogspot.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: lost my connection
Sigrid Hi, it could be a number of factors, but I'm guessing if she's here in California (as am i) that it's an issue with the IP address changing. You could configure using a DDNS service, to try prevent this in the future. Alternatively, the software from my company also keeps association - regardless of IP address. You can download the latest version here http://alpha.yoics.com, the download is free. If I can help more, feel free to email me directly. Ryo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sigrid Macdonald Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:31 AM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: lost my connection Hi everyone, I have remote access to my sister's computer. She lives in California and is visually impaired. She had a power blackout several weeks ago and her computer went down. Since then, I've lost my remote access. I get an error message that looks like this: Unable to connect to remote host. Connection timed out (error 10060). Those may not be the exact words but it's something like that. How can I get it up and running? Does it have to be done on her end? If so, I need to explain it to her computer trainer. Any advice? Many thanks! Sigrid Sigrid Macdonald Author and Editor http://damourroad.blogspot.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: connection problems
On Sunday 23 September 2007, you wrote: > Hello John, > > > John Aldrich wrote: > > > > vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -localhost > > vncconfig -nowin > > > > and here's what I get when I do that: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] john_old]$ ./vserver > > > > New 'slave1:1 (john)' desktop is slave1:1 > > > > Starting applications specified in /home/john/.vnc/xstartup > > Log file is /home/john/.vnc/slave1:1.log > > It seems like Xvnc has started fine (see the log as well). > > > vncconfig: unable to open display "" > > I'm not familiar with the vncconfig utility syntax, TightVNC does not > use it. :) It's just a way to show the controls. :-) > > > I just tried telnetting to 127.0.0.1 5901 and didn't get anything, > > which leads me to believe that 1) VNC is not running on the linux box > > ("PS -aux" says it is) or 2)I didn't set my tunnel up right. > > If Xvnc is not running, then telnetting will result in "Connection > refused". If it just times out, it would be a good idea to search for > firewall settings (firewall is enabled by default in Fedora Code, but > I'm not sure if it's enabled on the loopback interface as well). > Well, while SSH-ed into my linux box, I tried telnetting to 127.0.0.1 5901 and it came up with the "RFB" prompt, so that tells me that XVNC is running. I just tried again from my wife's PC on the same LAN, and it doesn't work either, so I know it's not my router. :-) Here's what the PuTTY log says: 2007-09-23 15:32:21 Looking up host "192.168.0.50" 2007-09-23 15:32:21 Connecting to 192.168.0.50 port 22 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3 2007-09-23 15:32:22 We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Release_0.59 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Using SSH protocol version 2 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange with hash SHA-1 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Host key fingerprint is: (SNIP) 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR client->server encryption 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Initialised HMAC-SHA1 client->server MAC algorithm 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR server->client encryption 2007-09-23 15:32:22 Initialised HMAC-SHA1 server->client MAC algorithm 2007-09-23 15:32:26 Sent password 2007-09-23 15:32:27 Access denied 2007-09-23 15:32:30 Sent password 2007-09-23 15:32:30 Access granted 2007-09-23 15:32:30 Opened channel for session 2007-09-23 15:32:30 Local IPv4 port 5901 forwarding to localhost:5901 2007-09-23 15:32:30 Allocated pty (ospeed 38400bps, ispeed 38400bps) 2007-09-23 15:32:30 Started a shell/command 2007-09-23 15:33:26 Opening forwarded connection to localhost:5901 2007-09-23 15:33:26 Forwarded connection refused by server: Administratively prohibited [open failed] ~ ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: connection problems
Hello John, > John Aldrich wrote: > 2007-09-23 15:33:26 Opening forwarded connection to localhost:5901 > 2007-09-23 15:33:26 Forwarded connection refused by server: > Administratively prohibited [open failed] I've just tried similar configuration. I've started Xvnc (TightVNC 1.3.9) like this: $ vncserver -geometry 1280x1024 -localhost New 'X' desktop is gw.tightvnc.com:2 Then, I've started PuTTY with local port forwarding: L5902 localhost:5902 Then, connected with PuTTY and directed vncviewer (TightVNC 1.3.9 for Windows) to localhost:2. Everything worked fine -- I connected to Xvnc via an encrypted PuTTY tunnel. -- With Best Wishes, Constantin ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list