hi all,
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[me@jakegrad .vnc]$ cat jakegrad\:2.log
26/11/03 02:44:42 Xvnc version 3.3.3r2+tight1.2.2
26/11/03 02:44:42 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
26/11/03 02:44:42 All Rights Reserved.
26/11/03 02:44:42 Desktop name 'X' (jakegrad:2)
26/11/03 02:44:42 Protocol version supported 3.3
26/11/03 02:44:42 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
26/11/03 02:44:42 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5802
[removed 2 lines whcih had URL's coz the posting wudn't allow me to do so]
SESSION_MANAGER=local/jakegrad:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3295
Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0".
Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0".
Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0".
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0".
[me@jakegrad .vnc]$
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When i try to connect to the linux machine from winXp .. using RealVnc
Viewer.. it says "Failed to connect server" Above is the dump from the log
file .. i can see the vncserver running doing ps -A| grep "vnc" .. I can
access telnet,ftp,ssh to this machine .. but this vncserver is going nuts !!
.. I also tried giving
ALL : A.B.C.D in /etc/hosts.allow
where A.B.C.D is the machine ip from i want to access the linux desktop ..

can anyone help me decipher this mess !!

could it be a firewall issue? i dont run VNC and that log dump didnt seem to report any error. well, except for that "renderer missing" stuff.

Also when you are connecting make sure that you also specify a display or port number.