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Old 03-20-2005, 01:14 PM   #1
rimcrazy
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RealVNC and Suse 9.1


I'm running SuSE 9.1 on an internal server and would like to use the newer version, 4.1-1 of RealVNC. SuSE 9.1 normally ships with TightVNC which is significantly slower than the newer version of RealVNC. I uninstalled tightvnc and installed RealVNC. Problem is, when you open up Konqueror it just dies. I've looked in the logs and googled all around but cannot find anything. I suspect that it may have to do with the built in VNC support within Konqueror and for some reason it cannot function with RealVNC.

Has anyone else seen this and may have a solution?
 
Old 03-21-2005, 12:08 PM   #2
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Not sure if it's related, but the SuSE remote desktop sharing functionality works using the VNC protocol. At the moment I'm looking into problems where using the remote desktop sharing causes the linux box to die horribly .

Have you tried un-installing the remote desktop sharing stuff as well as any VNC software that was installed by the install process?

As I say, not sure if this'll be any help though.
 
Old 03-21-2005, 02:47 PM   #3
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Solved it....at least my problem

Not sure what was causing the problem but I installed the original tightVNC that SuSE ships with. Then I installed the new RealVNC 4.1-1. When you install RealVNC it actually does an un-install on tightVNC. These were both done with rpm's btw. When I did this, my problem went away. Konqueror worked fine. RealVNC 4.1-1 is A LOT faster than tightVNC. RealVNC is almost undistinguishable from an X-session on the machine itself and that is running full color (all be it a flat monochrome background). It pains me to think of the time I pissed away chasing this one before I did a simple reinstall. I'll take a note on this one................

For your problem, first make sure you are using the same versions of server and client. If you are trying to use a RealVNC client with tightVNC server, that is not going to work.

You need, at a minimum, an ssh backdoor port to the server from the client. Log in via ssh and start your server. When that has started, then you can start your client. Take note of the screen and name/IP of your server as you need that to start your client. Be sure you have created a VNC password ahead of time (not to be confused with your user ID Password, although they can be the same, they are different passwords and are not stored in the same place.)
 
  


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