Re: [uml-user] Fwd: RE: [uml-devel] UML remote GUI problems

[Jason C. <ja...@ja...>]

Did you set tightvnc up to use port 5900 as well?

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Blaisorblade wrote:

> I'm forwarding this to the list because I've not the time to look at every UML
> user issue, and especially not now. I hope someone else can help you.
>
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> Subject: RE: [uml-devel] UML remote GUI problems
> Date: Thursday 03 February 2005 20:24
> From: Greg Furlong <C01...@st...>
> To: Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...>
>
> I have sshd running on the Linux machine and then i tried to run port
> forwarding through putty on port 5900. I then ran the command export
> DISPLAY=host-ip.
>
> I then used tightVNC to connect to the ip address that i had assigned while
> setting up the port forwarding.
>
> I keep getting an error Failed to server address. Did you type the address
> correctly.
>
> Regards
>
>> ===== Original Message From Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...> =====
>>
>> On Friday 28 January 2005 17:30, Greg Furlong wrote:
>>> I am a final year student taking a degree in Computing at Dublin Institute
>>> of Technology - Ireland. In my final year project I am doing a project
>>> using User Mode Linux. My project has set out to research the capabilities
>>> of User Mode Linux in a teaching environment.
>>>
>>> So far I have set up a server
>>> and now have users logging on from a terminal. They use a COW file so as
>>> not to corrupt the file system. Next I want to investigate and test the
>>> capabilities of User Mode Linux over a network using a Graphical User
>>> Interface. The problem that I am having is that I am finding it difficult
>>> to set up the GUI system.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anybody could give me some
>>> pointers in the right direction
>>
>> Without knowing which are your difficulties? It's difficult.
>>
>>> or could tell me of a tutorial on how to
>>> set it up.
>>>
>>> I have already looked at the user mode Linux
>>> website on sourceforge but have been unable to successfully complete the
>>> GUI instructions.
>>
>> What's the problem?
>>
>> You must install Xnest inside your guest system... it will then be able to
>> forward connection to another X system (on which you have to authorize TCP
>> connections from the UML system). Then it should work, more or less.
>>
>>> I am running Red Hat Linux 9 2.4.20-8
>>> User mode Linux Patch 2.4.27-1
>>> Remote Terminal Putty
>>
>> On windows? well, there are also Xservers on Windows (the cygwin one for
>> instance)...
>> --
>> Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
>> Linux registered user n. 292729
>> http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade
>>
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