I would try "lsof -i :5901" to find out exactly who is already listening on that local port...
John Aldrich wrote: >Nope... I think I figured it out. I had a similar problem awhile back. I'm >going to have to log into the box locally and kill all SSHD sessions, I >think. > >-----Original Message----- >From: B. Scott Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:14 PM >To: John Aldrich >Cc: RealVNC List (E-mail) >Subject: Re: Connection Refused (10061) > > >Do you already have a VNC server for display :1 running on the local box? > >John Aldrich wrote: > > > >>I'm attempting to VNC into my linux box at home via an SSH tunnel. I've >>gotten the tunnel part working, and if I change the local port, I can >>reconnect, however, trying to connect to 5901 locally fails. Any idea why? >>Server is Fedora Core 3, client is "Standard" VNC 4.1.1. I've upgraded the >>Fedora box to the latest release using the RPM from the RealVNC website. >> >> >I'm > > >>using PuTTY to create the tunnel. >> Thanks >>_______________________________________________ >>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