After connection is closed do netstat and see if server is still running. Or maybe ps. I think your server is exiting for some reason. You can look at the logs which it saves, your clue is likely to be there. And I think you mean 8.04 not 4.08.
Regards, Alex Jay Ridgley wrote: > Hi Y'all, > > I am new to VNC but not to Linux or Ubuntu, however, still very much human. > > I installed vnc4server on the remote system(the_host) which is my > firewall server. It will be headless when I get finished getting things > worked out so that I can control it remotely. > > I installed vnc4viewer on the system I was working from(viewing_host) > > No problems > > I then started up the viewer - IT WORKED! > > I then changed the display I was working on to full screen and could not > get back; yeah I know RTFM first but I didn't... I forced a reboot of my > system and tried again and got the following message: > > Connection to host "the_host:5900" was closed. > > I have restarted both systems, no help. Searched the VNC site for > information on the error and was not able to find anything that > indicated a solution. I also tried searching the Ubuntu forum... > > I have enabled port 5900 for the viewing_host in firestarter on the_host. > > The message still appears... > > I am running 4.08 LTS and VNC 4.1 on both systems > > How do I solve this problem? > > Regards, > Jay > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
