x11VNC on Ubuntu 14.04

[CrankyOldBugger]

It seems unlikely to me, but for lack of any better ideas at this moment,
Doug, I will delete then recreate the firewall rule.


On 8 May 2014 17:27, Doug Penner <darwinsurvivor at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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