Cannot connect to TightVNC Server

vishalvkapoor · 04-01-2005, 12:22 PM

Hello
I am trying to connect to my Linux Box from my XP Box using TightVNC. Both machines are on the same subnet.

Everything compiled fine, vncserver is also running fine, i use nmap to check the ports are also open. But when i try connecting from the client, it says failed to connect to Server. What am i missing?

Thank you

V

DoubleOTeC · 04-01-2005, 11:36 PM

have you run vncpasswd to create a password for your user?

halgorithm · 04-02-2005, 07:53 AM

Are both of them Linux or are you doing a win32/linux (or vice versa) connection?

DoubleOTeC · 04-02-2005, 03:58 PM

O...forgot to suggest that you check your firewall settings on the Linux machine.

edcutis · 04-02-2005, 04:19 PM

Your firewall settings on the XP box should be opened as well. If you are using the firewall, open up a 'zone' on your class C network (192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255) or whatever zone your router is using. Symantec and zonealarm also work the same way.

Bruce Haake · 04-14-2005, 03:56 PM

Did you ever get your TightVNC connectivity problem between XP and Linux solved? I'm having the same failure with W2K and SuSE sles-9.

DoubleOTeC · 04-23-2005, 03:15 PM

Interestingly enough, post replying to this, i ran into a similar problem.

I had trouble connecting to ports like 5901 from XP with tightVNC...i tried downloading the RealVNC client... It worked.

After that, i set the vnc server to run directly on 5900 and the tightVNC client worked just fine.

nitor · 11-20-2010, 09:15 AM

Had the same problem. I just had to manually type the :5901 for the port after the IP and it connected with TightVNC. Maybe you've done that already, but it wasn't obvious to me.

AcmeUK · 11-28-2011, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nitor

Had the same problem. I just had to manually type the :5901 for the port after the IP and it connected with TightVNC. Maybe you've done that already, but it wasn't obvious to me.

Thanks for the 'heads up' on the :5901 port parameter. It fixed things for me.