VNC Server - HELP!

Hi,

Have just installed the VNC package form the add/remove software. If I start vnc from the terminal using vncserver it creates a session :1.

I then use my XP machine to vnc to teh ipaddress:1 and it connects. However, the session I connect to is not the session being used on the AA1's desktop.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong?

Thanks, Rich

 

It can be confusing at first. It's a bit different than Windows or Mac.

Linux has its own display on :0. If you type at a terminal

echo $DISPLAY
You'll see something like

:0.0

So, for better or worse, on Linux, the display will actually be on a different session.
I've never tried sitting at a computer and seeing if one can start the display on :1. The only way I've shared sessions in Linux (and the only way I've needed to for situations that arose) was when both myself and someone else were remotely accessing the computer--if we both connect on display :1 we can see what the other is doing. (Always good to be in communication by telephne during such sessions, as otherwise, it can get complicated.)

 

startx -- :1 or am I missing something? Haven't used vnc in a couple of years.

 

That will probably work. Hold on....

(Or on Fedora systems, editing /etc/sysconfig/vncserver to start it on 0, if it's booting into runlevel 3), but anyway, let's see.
Nope, doesn't seem to work. If I start vncserver before starting X, then try startx -- :1 I get an error that an X server is already running on that display. If I startx on :1 first, then, (as you can probably guess) it starts it on :2.

It was a good thought though, when I read it, I thought, Shucks, I can't believe I overlooked that.

 

Don't suppose anyone has any ideas? I can connect perfectly to anything other than :0 - which is the only thing I want to use it for - so I can *help* my grandmother remotely when she has problems with it. I am open to other software if it will do what I want and be simple to use - but VNC is preferred as I have the clients installed at home and work on XP/Vista.

TIA - Rich

 

I'm not sure I'll be any help, as I haven't played with vnc for years. But according to the docs, there's x0vncserver that should allow access to the display.

http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.html

Cheers.

 

x0vncserver sounds good - can anyone give me an idea of how to doanload and install? Thanks!