On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:42:43 GMT, Frank Dreyfus wrote:

> I've tried this with both tightvnc server and vnc-server and I get the same
> error with both.

Besides the /var/message firewall suggestion in another thread.

You may want to verify newly install servers are running and set for
On Boot if desired.

That is another new "security feature" on server/daemon packages on 2008.1.

This is a reply to BitTwister's message from another thread.

I'm responding here in an effort to avoid thread confusion.


Hi Bit,

Bit Twister wrote in
news:slrng0ru8b.rlq.BitTwister@wm81.home.test:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:35:00 GMT, Frank Dreyfus wrote:


> Firewall problem. Click up a terminal, su - root
No. I've disabled the firewall. Same problem.

Syslog shows this:
Apr 22 10:48:44 localhost kernel: Xvnc[8169]: segfault at 00000000 eip
08085f1f esp bfb16420 error 4

Vnc log shows this:
22/04/2008 10:48:23 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5905
expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 959 of inet
22/04/2008 10:48:43
22/04/2008 10:48:43 Got VNC connection from client 192.168.0.162

It says it got a connection; but if it did, it didn't work.


>
>> When I try to connect it says something about the wrong plugin.
>
> I assume your talking doze side message because you provided
> no detailed information.

Yes; it's on the doze side. Here's what it says:

"Connection failed - Error reading Protocol Version
Possible causes:
- You've forgotten to select a DSMPlugin and the Server uses a DSMPlugin
- Viewer and Server are not compatible (they use different RFB
protocoles)
- Bad connection"

The last one, "Bad connection" is certainly not the case. The other two
I don't understand at all. As I said b4, it's always worked on prior LM
versions.

Thanks,

Frank

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:08:00 GMT, Frank Dreyfus wrote:
> This is a reply to BitTwister's message from another thread.
>
> I'm responding here in an effort to avoid thread confusion.

Lurkers and future search would have liked to had seen

su - root
tail -f /var/log/messages
test from other machine

shorewall clear
test again
shorewall restart
test again


You know, the little details. :-)

>> Firewall problem. Click up a terminal, su - root
> No. I've disabled the firewall. Same problem.

Just a point for the lurkers, I recommend a
shorewall clear not a
shorewall stop when proving firewall is not part of the problem.



> Syslog shows this:
> Apr 22 10:48:44 localhost kernel: Xvnc[8169]: segfault at 00000000 eip
> 08085f1f esp bfb16420 error 4

Always bad juju when you see a segfault.
Message shows up from the kernel when the kernel blew the brains out
of the application (Xvnc) and stopped it's operation.

Frank Dreyfus wrote in
news:Xns9A886CF7CCF9Fadfslur0mdoaur03jadl@207.115. 17.102:
>
> I'm having a problem connecting to vnc server on ML 2008.1.
>

Turned out to be the same DAMN problem with 2008.0 but with different
symptoms. The /usr/bin/vnc* and xvnc files are bad!

I think the problem only occurred in the x64 version of 2008.0. Now it
seems to affect the I586 version.

Replacing them with older versions solved everything. Older versions are
available here:

http://www.happyassassin.net/extras/...mdv2008.tar.gz
A readme is included.


Frank