Date: 28 Apr 2002 00:43:53 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: VB <swive@getnet.com> Cc: Nathan <nkinkade@dsl-only.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vnc lameness Message-ID: <1019969033.742.4.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20020427214153.A6953@sunny.localdomain> References: <20020426204439.B713@sunny.localdomain> <20020426220825.351cf9cc.nkinkade@dsl-only.com> <20020427214153.A6953@sunny.localdomain>
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On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 01:41, VB wrote: > > > > > > > what display# is VNC running on? you should be able to see this when looking at the process....the number after the color, like 'Xvnc :1' > > when you are pointing your win2k machine at the FreeBSD box are you specifying to connect to the display on which VNC is listening? if you're FreeBSD box is at 10.0.0.1, for example, then you should point your win2k box at 10.0.0.1:1 - that is, assuming that your VNC server is running on display 1. > > You are correct: From W2K, typing in "192.168.0.1:1" connects me to X on FBSD. Thanks for that. I am half way there. > > But the lesson you have imparted to me, ie., to include screen numbers, does that explain why I still cannot connect from FBSD to W2K? W2K does not have screen numbers (ttys?) right? The proper procedure from X should be "vncviewer", "192.168.0.33", and voila, right? Is there something else I need to do to connect from FBSD to W2K? For vnc from FreeBSD to Windows, you usually use: vncviewer w2k-host:0 Joe > > Thank you, > > Eric > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- PGP Key: http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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