On Thursday 18 January 2007 15:49, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thursday 18 January 2007 10:03 am, Tim M wrote: > > Maybe someone on this list could help me. I was using VNC without any > > trouble to remotely control another computer of mine. But for a reason > > not related to VNC I had to reinstall Ubuntu 6.10 on this machine. Every > > since that time I have been unable take control of my other machine. I > > use vncviewer localhost:0 after putting in my password the screen > > sometimes I will get a dialog (one I didn't get before reinstalling > > Ubuntu) asking that someone is trying to control my desktop and asking if > > I wish to accept or refuse connection. If I click on accept I get endless > > cascading screens. The screens seem to be of THIS desktop and not of the > > remote desktop. Is there anyway to tell if VNC is actually going to the > > remote desktop? Or can anyone tell me how to fix this problem. Thanks, > > Tim > > Yeah... you don't put "localhost :0" in the connection dialog. You will > want to put the IP address (or name of the machine if it's resolvable by > name) in the connect dialog.
Unless you are forwarding local port(s) over ssh to the remote machine. -- Regards, Mick [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
