Got VNC working, will likely do NX, I have used it before and liked it
quite a bit, but forgot all about it.
Still no go on Oracle.
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Craig White
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:22 PM
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Subject: RE: Installing Oracle XE on a 64bit system - Free Beer to
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Craig
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:16 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:03 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote:
> > Well, no go.
> > 1) I can not seem to get a VNC session active.
> > 2) I uninstalled and reinstalled and still no go.
> > 3) Firefox will not launch on the remote machine today. Konqueror
will
> > still launch but fierfox will not
> >
> > Here are the most basic things I tried.
> >
> > -----------VNC--
> > Login via SSH
> > Su -
> > [root@my.godaddyserver.comloopadmin]# yum install vnc
> > Setting up Install Process
> > Setting up repositories
> > turbopanel-base 100% |=========================| 951 B
> > 00:00
> > update 100% |=========================| 951 B
> > 00:00
> > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> > 00:00
> > turbopanel-centos4 100% |=========================| 951 B
> > 00:00
> > addons 100% |=========================| 951 B
> > 00:00
> > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> > 00:00
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> > Parsing package install arguments
> > Resolving Dependencies
> > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> > ---> Downloading header for vnc to pack into transaction set.
> > vnc-4.0-11.el4.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 8.3 kB
> > 00:00
> > ---> Package vnc.i386 0:4.0-11.el4 set to be updated
> > --> Running transaction check
> >
> > Dependencies Resolved
> >
> >
========================================================================
> > ====
> > Package Arch Version Repository
> > Size
> >
========================================================================
> > ====
> > Installing:
> > vnc i386 4.0-11.el4 base
> > 151 k
> >
> > Transaction Summary
> >
========================================================================
> > ====
> > Install 1 Package(s)
> > Update 0 Package(s)
> > Remove 0 Package(s)
> > Total download size: 151 k
> > Is this ok [y/N]: y
> > Downloading Packages:
> > (1/1): vnc-4.0-11.el4.i38 100% |=========================| 151 kB
> > 00:00
> > Running Transaction Test
> > Finished Transaction Test
> > Transaction Test Succeeded
> > Running Transaction
> > Installing: vnc #########################
> > [1/1]
> > Installed: vnc.i386 0:4.0-11.el4
> > Complete!
> >
> > [root@my.godaddyserver.comloopadmin]# exit
> >
> > [loopadmin@my.godaddyserver.com~]$ vncserver
> >
> > You will require a password to access your desktops.
> >
> > Password:
> > Verify:
> >
> > New 'my.godaddyserver.com.ip.secureserver.net:2 (loopadmin)' desktop
is
> > my.godaddyserver.com.ip.secureserver.net:2
> >
> > Creating default startup script /home/loopadmin/.vnc/xstartup
> > Starting applications specified in /home/loopadmin/.vnc/xstartup
> > Log file is
> > /home/loopadmin/.vnc/my.godaddyserver.com.ip.secureserver.net:2.log
> >
> > [loopadmin@my.godaddyserver.com~]$ gedit .vnc/xstartup
> > looking for type: got text/plain
> > [loopadmin@my.godaddyserver.com~]$ su -
> > Password:
> > [root@my.godaddyserver.com~]# service vncserver stop
> > Shutting down VNC server: [ OK ]
> > [root@my.godaddyserver.com~]# exit
> >
> > [loopadmin@my.godaddyserver.com~]$ vncserver
> >
> > New 'my.godaddyserver.com.ip.secureserver.net:3 (loopadmin)' desktop
is
> > my.godaddyserver.com.ip.secureserver.net:3
> >
> > Starting applications specified in /home/loopadmin/.vnc/xstartup
> > Log file is
> > /home/loopadmin/.vnc/my.godaddyserver.com.ip.secureserver.net:3.log
> >
> > ------------in another window on local box-------------
> > [boneal@fedora ~]$ vncviewer my.godaddyserver.com
> >
> > VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.2 for X - built Jan 8 2007 10:03:41
> > Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
> > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
> >
> > Mon Nov 19 14:52:21 2007
> > main: unable to connect to host: Connection refused (111)
> ----
> 1 - you really should use nx instead, easier, faster, better,
encrypted
>
> Since I know this is a CentOS system...
>
> yum install nx freenx
>
> download client software from www.nomachine.org
>
> 2 - You have to set a vnc password - as user....
>
> $ vncpasswd
>
> then as root...
>
> service vncserver restart
>
> Note: that in your startup, it says :3 and you will have to
account
> for that in your connection
>
> You probably need to cat contents of...
>
> /etc/sysconfig/vncserver
>
> ~/.vnc/xstartup
>
> Craig
>
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