I am trying to install vncserver on a fedora system.
I am wondering how can i get the vncserver rpm to install.
I am not having it in the yum repository. (by the way is vncserver free ?)
How could i download the rpm and install it ?
Please advice me on this.
Thanks in advance!
for example you can search vncserver in this site like below eg fedora 10..
(probably it requires xorg-x11-xauth for x11 forwarding to server)
and you can try it with vnc-client.
I tried free edition of vncserver from realvnc and did following.
downloaded vnc-4_1_3-x86_linux[1].tar.gz from realvnc and winscp'ed to fedora box and untar it with following command
Code:
tar -zxvf vnc-4_1_3-x86_linux[1].tar.gz
this created a dir called "vnc-4_1_3-x86_linux[1]"
cd to that dir and ./vncinstall /usr/local/bin this copied vncserver, vncpasswd,vncconfig etc files to /usr/local/bin
cd to /usr/local/bin and then the following
Code:
[root@testbox bin]# ./vncserver
You will require a password to access your desktops.
Password:
Verify:
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
New testbox.local:1 (root)' desktop is testbox.local:1
Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup
Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/testbox.local:1.log
[root@testbox bin]# echo $?
0
But i haven't found /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file to edit.
And rpm -qa |grep vnc doesnt show the installed rpm.
(But it does created .vnc directory in /root )
What went wrong?
Last edited by radoulov; 05-20-2011 at 05:27 PM..
Reason: Code tags.
you dont see rpm list because of you dont install a rpm package..
i guess that packages comes where from realvnc.com does not includes vncservers file.
you must install vnc-server rpm alternative sources for this.
on the other hand you can resume with this package so.
(you should not use vnc for root user.there is may some securiy vulnerabilitys especially while in auth levels.)
firstly on the server start vncpasswd for create a vnc password for test user in server which connect on desktop.
Code:
$ su - test
$ vncpasswd
$ x0vncserver -PasswordFile /home/test/.vnc/passwd
[vct@console-0124 ~]$ vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:
[vct@console-0124 ~]$ x0vncserver -PasswordFile /home/vct/.vnc/passwd
x0vncserver: unable to open display ""
~ImageCleanup called
[vct@console-0124 ~]$ echo $?
1
[vct@console-0124 ~]$
looks this was not successful.
when i opened vncviewer on windows laptop to connect i got
Code:
VNC viewer error: unable to connect to host: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (10065)
I still dint find /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file to edit and
Code:
[vct@console-0124 ~]$ vncserver
New 'console-0124.local:1 (vct)' desktop is console-0124.local:1
Starting applications specified in /home/vct/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/vct/.vnc/console-0124.local:1.log
but
Code:
[vct@console-0124 ~]$ service vncserver status
vncserver: unrecognized service
Not sure where is the problem.
Please suggest me a solution to this.
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Scott; 05-26-2011 at 04:00 PM..
Reason: Code tags, please...
The version of vncserver you installed is not integrated with Fedora 10. it is a standalone version and has to be treated as such. Therefore commands such as
Code:
service vncserver status
will not work.
If you want a Fedora 10 enabled version, download and install the appropriate RPMs from /pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/10. Look under "Everything/i386/os/Packages".
Thanks for the reply.
I downloaded & installed vnc-server-4.1.2-35.fc10.x86_64.rpm as root.
and made following change in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file
as vct user set vncpasswd
and as root user started vncserver by
Code:
service vncserver start
Code:
root@console-0124 .vnc]# service vncserver start
Starting VNC server: 1:vct
New 'console-0124.local:1 (vct)' desktop is console-0124.local:1
Starting applications specified in /home/vct/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/vct/.vnc/console-0124.local:1.log
[ OK ]
then started vncviewer and tried to connect as console-0124.local:1
then i got error as
Code:
unable to resolve host by name: the requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for. (11004)
.
and when i tried to connect via ip address then i got
Code:
unable to connect to host: A socket operation was attempted to an ureachable host (10065)
what is wrong.
Is this because of my old incorrect rpm installations ?
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