vnc4server Setup help..

[h1kar1]

Good day guys.

I am running backtrack5 on a virtual machine (Proxmox box)

I and having a bit of trouble getting vnc4server setup I can seem to connect to it.
Has anyone gotten this to work with bt5 is so can you lend a hand thanks...

[cgelici]

Have you configured networking correctly in the virtual machine ?

I don't use VM, but I do use SSH and VNC on BT5.

I just installed tightvncserver and xtightvncviewer

apt-get install tightvncserver xtightvncviewer

Then do:

vncpasswd

And set you password.

Now when you run "vncserver" you should be able to connect. By default the new desktop is :1 on port 5901. You need to enter this in combination with you ip(LAN) in you vnc viewer application.

[h1kar1]

Have you configured networking correctly in the virtual machine ?

I don't use VM, but I do use SSH and VNC on BT5.

I just installed tightvncserver and xtightvncviewer

apt-get install tightvncserver xtightvncviewer

Then do:

vncpasswd

And set you password.

Now when you run "vncserver" you should be able to connect. By default the new desktop is :1 on port 5901. You need to enter this in combination with you ip(LAN) in you vnc viewer application.

Thanks cgelici for the feed back.
I've always used vnc4server on my debian box's I was under the impressions it was more stable.
I will give tightvncserver a try later tonight and report back.

[comaX]

I just installed vnc from repos (with synaptic) and then connected to it just like I would on any other VNC session (hostiport). You are asked for a password when launching vncserver, so you can either do cgelici's way, or just launch "vncserver"...

(It's really ugly for me, am I the only one to get that ? )

[Scamentology]

Mine is like that too. Im playing around with the encoding and compression right now

I just installed vnc from repos (with synaptic) and then connected to it just like I would on any other VNC session (hostiport). You are asked for a password when launching vncserver, so you can either do cgelici's way, or just launch "vncserver"...

(It's really ugly for me, am I the only one to get that ? )

[comaX]

Mine is like that too. Im playing around with the encoding and compression right now

Thanks for reporting My using of VNC is only temporary so I don't care so much if it's all buggy... It's nice to know I'm not the only one though.

[h1kar1]

Have you configured networking correctly in the virtual machine ?

I don't use VM, but I do use SSH and VNC on BT5.

I just installed tightvncserver and xtightvncviewer

apt-get install tightvncserver xtightvncviewer

Then do:

vncpasswd

And set you password.

Now when you run "vncserver" you should be able to connect. By default the new desktop is :1 on port 5901. You need to enter this in combination with you ip(LAN) in you vnc viewer application.

Thanks buddy.
Seems like tightvncserver worked have no ? why vnc4server does not.

[foster04]

Hi there,

Im having a bit of a different problem and after about 5 hours of research and trying new stuff, i cant seem to get this working.

I have two servers, one with BT4 R1 as its very stable and vncserver works out of the box just great.
In the other server with BT5 R1, things are not so easy.

First the vncserver is not listed in the Services Meny, which i completely understand.
Then i go to the shell and type vnc4server and i see it there. I assume it will work as isual but no.

*****I CAN connect to the server, but i get no video on :1

I also saw an error with the FONTPATH and i think i solved this by adding the fontpath of the system to the vnc4server configuration.
I had to issue the command "xset q" to see the location of the fontpath.

I found this info here http://www.fifi.org/doc/vnc-common/faq.html

After i issues this command i got the following output:
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Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002
XKB indicators:
00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: on 02: Scroll Lock: off
03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off
06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off
09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off
12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off
auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 30
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf
fadfffefffedffff
9fffffffffffffff
fff7ffffffffffff
bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100
Pointer Control:
acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 600
Colors:
default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0 WhitePixel: 16777215
Font Path:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
fontpath.txt (END)
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I added the fontpath to the script but nothing, could not get it to work.

I then ran vnc4server and went to take a look at the logs and this is what i got:

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root@bt:/# cat /root/.vnc/bt:2.log
01/02/13 15:35:27 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
01/02/13 15:35:27 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
01/02/13 15:35:27 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
01/02/13 15:35:27 All Rights Reserved.
01/02/13 15:35:27 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
01/02/13 15:35:27 Desktop name 'X' (bt:2)
01/02/13 15:35:27 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
01/02/13 15:35:27 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
No VNC extension on display :2
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":2.0".
Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":2.0".
ConfigBase::load: Unable to open /root/.config/terminator/config ([Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root/.config/terminator/config')
Usage: x-terminal-emulator [options]

x-terminal-emulator: error: no such option: -g
root@bt:/#
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I also did some googling about this but could not find anything....

Anybody has any ideas?

Thanks