Subject: Re: VNC and no localhost option on NetBSD ?
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Niels S. Eliasen <nse@mac.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/27/2003 23:18:29
Hi Manuel
Unfortunately it is not that simple....
The /tmp/.X11-unix/S3=3D entries got created alright.....

I have a sneaky suspicion that the domainname is too long....
Have to test with a shorter domainname,,,
Anyone with any other ideas ??

fredag 27. jun 2003 kl. 21:05 skrev Manuel Bouyer:

> On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:29:01AM +0200, Niels S. Eliasen wrote:
>> Hi guys
>> Just an annoying problem....
>> I use VNC for a _lot_ of different purposes.. various customers etc
>> etc...
>> But  I always use VNC together with SSH, so the entire connection is
>> encrypted...
>>
>> But when I try to start the "vncserver" with the "-localhost" option
>> always gives me a "connection refused"...
>> But this only happens on NetBSD... Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64, various=20
>> Linux
>> does not have this problem....
>>
>> Any ideas ?
>>
>> Logfile:
>> [...]
>> xrdb: Connection refused
>> xrdb: Can't open display ':3'
>> Eterm:  Error:  can't open display :3
>> wmaker fatal error: could not open display ":3"
>
> Could it be that the clients are trying /tmp/.X11-unix/X3 and Xvnc=20
> didn't
> create it ?
>
> --=20
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
>      NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> --
>
>
mvh/kind regards
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