Hi ive have installed the latest version of vncserver on my linuxbox(centos 5.4) and am trying to connect to the server through realvnc. Ive made 2 servers and they both start fine when i run them, ive also opened the ports in the firewall(5091-5093. When i try to connect with realvnc im unable to connect, ive done a port scan on the server and it shows the ports(50xx) as closed, which i am assuming is why i cant connect but i dont know why, can i get some help plz?

my vncservers file look like this:

VNCSERVERS="1:dave 2:root"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 640x480 -localhost"
VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 640x480 -localhost"

and my xstartup file like this:

#!/bin/sh (-)
# Add the following line to ensure you always have an xterm available.
( while true ; do xterm ; done ) &
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
exec gnome-session &

once again any help would be much appreciated =)

When you say you do you mean the firewall on the server?

Also, would you try this with one ordinary(non-root) user/server first and build from there?