Edubuntu Remote Desktop Issue

[Cameron Tully-Smith]

To Gavin's point on VNC clients: I've seen strange behavior with RealVNC;
I'd suggest Tight VNC.

On 8/23/08, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, randy.baker at rogers.com wrote:
>
> > Last weekend, I had to move the physical VMware server to its original
> > location, and everything was shutdown gracefully, including all VM's.
> > When I powered back up, I could no longer connect the the Edubuntu
> > workstations, and I cannot find any way to get them to work now.
> > According to the RealVNC website, the error I am receiving is related to
> > the VNC server wanting to secure the session.  The free version of VNC
> > viewer does not encrypt the session, and for this testing, encryption is
> > not required.
> >
> > Since I could not find any firewall or configuration issue preventing
> > access, and having made certain all three Edubuntu workstations did not
> > have the "Require Encryption" check box enabled, I created a new Edubuntu
> > VM.  Here are the results.
> >
> > 1: Installed Ubuntu Workstation 9 2.6.24-19-generic
> > ** Windows based VNC Clients work with this configuration.
> > 2: Installed Edubuntu add-in, no reboot
> > ** Windows based  VNC Clients work with this configuration.
> > 3: Rebooted Edubuntu Workstation
> > ** Windows based  VNC Clients DO NOT work with this configuration.
> > 4: Fully patched (107 files downloaded)
> > ** Windows based VNC Clients DO NOT work with this configuration.
> >
> > I have even tried the original fix of checking then unchecking the
> > "Require Encryption" advanced option.
>
> You say Windows-based VNC clients don't work.  Do Linux-based VNC clients
> work?  It wouldn't be a solution, but it might be useful to help understand
> the problem.  Also, have you tried any other windows-based VNC clients?
>
> Have you tried manually starting the vino vnc server from the command line?
> There's some interesting stuff here on how to control vino a little better:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=266981
>
> You could also (as a workaround), try installing vnc4server and starting it
> from the command line.  That might help get you going.
>
> Gavin
>
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