If you are using vnc4server on Edgy or Feisty (with the latest updates), then there is still a
critical bug preventing this from working. The symptom is that, after authentication, the session dies with some reference to "end of stream". For example,
CConn: connected to host localhost port 5901
CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8
CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8
main: End of stream
There are a couple of options if this is affecting you:
- Downgrade vnc4server to the previous release using:
sudo apt-get install vnc4server/edgy
See
here for more detail.
- OR, use x11vnc instead. Depending on your needs, this may or may not be useful. x11vnc only serves the currently open desktop, i.e. :0. But it is working and if you only need remote access to your machine, this should be fine. Tutorial is here.
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2 comments:
I just struggled with a similar problem, resolved by changing the font path for Xvnc to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc
(from: /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc)
Warren,
I found a workaround for that!
Please check it and update your wonderful ubuntu/vnc tutorial
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CConn: connected to host localhost port 5901
CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8
CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8
main: End of stream
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Made the password file readable to all
and all working:
chmod a+rwx "vnc_passfile"
Reset permissions to -rw------- and "end of stream" again!
The "end of stream" problem affects many vnc4server packages (from feisty to intrepid).
Best regards
Roberto
roberto@occhiostanco.com
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