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section31 · 09-25-2004, 05:16 AM

Hi, i just installed fedora for the first time. So be gentle i'm a n00b.

So i got fedora 2 running on an old box of mine that I have networked with my primary pc. The first thing I need to do is get a vnc server up and running so i can take control of it from my primary pc that way I don't have to be switching monitors. I started off by looking at the services that were running and saw that vnc server didn't want to start...so i just got lucky and typed "vncserver" on the command line and then it created an account and started the server. My questions are,

1. Why does it create it on port 1, and increments for each additional vnc server started. How do I change this?
2. When i tested it out from a remote client i noticed it was different than the windows vnc servers i've used before, it only allows for a terminal and thats it. I don't quite understand why its doing that, since if i wanted just the cmd line i would just use ssh. Could someone clarify this for me?

09-25-2004, 05:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
section31 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 35	fedora 2 - vnc experience needed Hi, i just installed fedora for the first time. So be gentle i'm a n00b. So i got fedora 2 running on an old box of mine that I have networked with my primary pc. The first thing I need to do is get a vnc server up and running so i can take control of it from my primary pc that way I don't have to be switching monitors. I started off by looking at the services that were running and saw that vnc server didn't want to start...so i just got lucky and typed "vncserver" on the command line and then it created an account and started the server. My questions are, 1. Why does it create it on port 1, and increments for each additional vnc server started. How do I change this? 2. When i tested it out from a remote client i noticed it was different than the windows vnc servers i've used before, it only allows for a terminal and thats it. I don't quite understand why its doing that, since if i wanted just the cmd line i would just use ssh. Could someone clarify this for me?