x11VNC on Ubuntu 14.04

[Doug Penner]

Have you checked to see if your "flip" thing is possibly what has gone 
wrong...?

~Doug

On Thu, 8 May 2014, CrankyOldBugger wrote:

> Actually work is indeed blocking 5900, but I beat them by using a different (unblocked) port then having my router flip it over to 5900.
> I'll have a look at Remmina for fun.
> 
> And you're not my uncle, Bob.  You're too young!
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 May 2014 17:05, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
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>       I remote everything through SSH tunnels.  There's an app for that,
>       ssvnc, available in the Ubuntu repositories.  Of course, it means you
>       need to run sshd on your host (available in the openssh-server
>       package).  Remmina (graphical remote viewing client) also supports ssh
>       tunnelling.
>
>       Is it possible your workplace is blocking port 5900 (the default for
>       VNC)? If they're into port blocking then you may not have any luck
>       with ssh (port 22) either.  To circumvent that, I sometimes configure
>       my router to NAT port 443 (https) to port 22 (ssh). Very few
>       workplaces block port 443, so I can use that to remote into my
>       servers. A bit of ssh port forwarding magic to tunnel VNC, and Bob's
>       your uncle.
>
>       Command line for ssh VNC tunnel with NAT on port 443:
>
>        ssh -p 443 -L 5900:localhost:5900 crankyoldbugger at yourserver.example.com
>
>       Invoke VNC as though you're connecting the local machine
>
>        vncviewer localhost
> 
>
>       Note that "localhost" on the ssh command refers to the remote host
>       computer, but "localhost" on the vncviewer command refers to the
>       computer you're sitting at.
>
>       - --Uncle Bob.
> 
> 
>
>       On 14-05-08 11:41 AM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>       > Has anyone been able to get x11VNC working on Ubuntu 14.04?  I had
>       > it running fine on 13.10 but so far no joy on 14.04.  It installs
>       > fine but I can't connect to the host.  Error is "No connection
>       > could be made because the target machine actively refused it".
>       >
>       > I'm using the same port forwarding settings that I had running on
>       > 13.10 so it's not my router that's causing the break.
>       >
>       > I can ping the laptop by name remotely so my dyndns is working.
>       >
>       > I can Putty to the laptop (by FQDN) and get a login prompt
>       > (although for some strange reason it wouldn't take my password).
>       >
>       > I'm trying to set up my laptop at home so I can connect to it from
>       > work, with a full desktop similar to RDP.  x11vnc was pretty snappy
>       > in 13.10 but I'm open to other ideas if anyone else is getting a
>       > full desktop display in 14.04.
>       >
>       > Thanks!
>       >
>       >
>       >
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