Unable to connect to VNC server on Windows?

[carlos123]

I've looked through about 2 or 3 pages of threads and have not been able to find anything on how to solve the following....

I have a TightVNC server running on Windows 95. Installed perfectly. No problem.

I also installed TightVNC on my Linux box (Redhat 8.0). I can ping to my Windows 95 box just fine. No problem. But when I run "vncviewer" and after I enter the Windows 95 IP or name (either one) I get...

[carlos@localhost carlos]$ vncviewer
vncviewer: ConnectToTcpAddr: connect: Connection refused
Unable to connect to VNC server
[carlos@localhost carlos]$

Now I can turn around and activate the vncviewer in listen mode like so...

vncviewer -listen

and then go to my Windows 95 CPU and add my Linux box as a New Client. When I come back to my Linux box I can then see and work on my Windows 95 CPU. No problem.

Only problem is I cannot active the viewing from my Linux box without physically going out to my Windows 95 computer (upstairs) and adding a New Client to it.

The same thing happens when I boot up with Gentoo Linux (on second hard drive of my Linux box).

My Linux and Windows computers are connected through a hub over Ethernet cables. The hub is also connected to another computer that I use as my firewall but I don't think that's the problem. Each computer can ping each other just fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Carlos

[Icarus]

I'm using RealNVC on my Windows machines and from Linux all I need to do is "vncviewer" enter the IP and then the password and it's on...

I just VNC'd to my Linux machine at work and then from there VNC'd back to the Windows machine with no problems (besides a wacked out 'hall of mirrors' and it took me a minute to figure out which VNC to stop :)

Also I find it easier to connect from Linux if you don't use the number pad at all. It seems for some reason the 'Enter' key there stops the connect attempt...

[carlos123]

Thanks mahdi. I will look into trying RealVNC and not using the number pad Enter key when I use vncviewer from Linux.

Carlos