SUSE 11.2 VNC server does not work

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#1

Hello,

I’ve just installed 11.2 on a couple of machines. I cannot get VNC to work. It does not even work betwen the two 11.2 machines!! VNC opens, but the screen is black. This is serious because one is supposed to be a headless server, but I can’t do that without VNC (or something similar). How can it be that VNC does not even work between two installations of the same version?? It was working fine when they were SuSE 10.3. I have checked these forums, and I’ve tried playing with the colour depth, but nothing works.

Thanks …

#2

VNC is a problematic software. It rarely works as advertised.

If you want, I can tell you how to run a server+client combination that might work.

The server is x11vnc, the client is ssvnc.

These are not opensuse’s native programs.

#3

:slight_smile:

Further research led me back to these forums:

OpenSuse 11.1 - Vnc black/white with X cursor - openSUSE Forums

This worked (removing the IPv6 line from the HostNames list)

#4

Thank you, I will try.

#5

Some other solutions …

The suggested fix from post#62 in this thread: VNC is not working - Page 2 - openSUSE Forums

Or alternatively install x11vnc and tightvnc, open up your firewall port#22 and port#5900 and try the approach in post #4 from this thread: VNC is not working - openSUSE Forums

#6

Thanks oldcpu. I like the look of the fix from post#62 - it actually explains what is wrong and why the fix should work. I will try it, and report back! (I was a little concerned at removing a line from /etc/hosts without really knowing what I was doing).