VNC Help

[mulluysavage]

I am following Adafruit Learning System's Lesson 7. Remote Control with VNC. I arrived at the last step - setting up a VNC client on my desktop machine - and failed. I am running Ubuntu, and found a VNC client in the Ubuntu Software Center - gtkvncviewer. The one they use in the lesson is RealVNC. I enter the info just as they do in the Lesson with RealVNC - appending with the port and everything, and user: pi password: raspberr, and get "you have been disconnected." Can someone help me troubleshoot?

[FTrevorGowen]

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I am running Ubuntu, and found a VNC client in the Ubuntu Software Center - gtkvncviewer. The one they use in the lesson is RealVNC. I enter the info just as they do in the Lesson with RealVNC - appending with the port and everything, and user: pi password: raspberr, and get "you have been disconnected."
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FWIW I've used tightVNC client/server on Ubuntu with a Pi and got things working O.K. I used a couple guides from the wiki (http://elinux.org/RPi_Guides). If you havn't already done so you might like to give PuTTY a try too - gives you a ssh login that supports X11 forwarding - some screen-shots of suggested setups are in my webpages at http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virgin ... aspPi.html .
Trev.

[jaylongley]

i put a writeup and video on how to setup VNC on a raspberry pi. you can find it here:

http://www.instantsupportsite.com/self- ... stall-vnc/

hope it helps

[paulknewton]

Have you started the VNC server on your Pi (something like TightVNC)?
Check it is running on the Pi with 'ps -ef' and look for a VNC server.

Another common problem is to make sure you are using the correct port. If you already have an X server running, then the VNC server will be running on port 1. You need to include this port when connecting with your RealVNC client.

paul.