Re: lcdproc on a remote host?

Hi Eric,

Would it be possible that the remote machine also has a (default?) firewall configuration ?
for instance:
- can the client on the remote machine self connect to localhost ? and to it's own ip-address ?

greets.

On 09 Aug 2012, at 19:43, Eric J. Smith wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am having some issue getting lcdproc to work on a remote machine. Got the files on the remote machine and configured, but when I attempt to connect from my desktop (using lcdproc & it's remote server conf file) I get error connecting.
> 
> Here is a copy of my 2 conf files:
> 
> ---
> lcdproc.remote_server.conf (on my machine)
> 
> [lcdproc]
> Server=12.345.678.90
> Port=13666
> ReportLevel=0
> ReportToSyslog=true
> PidFile=/var/run/lcdproc.pid
> 
> ---
> LCDd.conf (on remote host)
> 
> [server]
> DriverPath=/usr/lib/lcdproc/
> Driver=lis
> #Bind=127.0.0.1
> Bind=12.345.678.90
> Port=13666
> ReportLevel=0
> ReportToSyslog=yes
> User=root
> Hello="Connected -> Remote"
> Hello="   Server Monitor"
> GoodBye=" Disconnecting Remote"
> GoodBye="      Goodbye!"
> WaitTime=10
> ServerScreen=no
> TitleSpeed=6
> 
> [lis]
> Brightness=250
> Size=20x2
> #VendorID=0x0403
> #ProductID=0x6001
> ---
> 
> I have no probs starting/stopping LCDd on the remote machine. Just can't connect from my desktop. :( Maybe you can see something I should have set differently? Maybe it is a file permission issue: server file -> root & desktop lcdproc -> superuser.
> 
> I appreciate any insight you may have. I opened up a thread over at the ubuntu forums with a similar message. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2039554
> 
> Thank you for your time,
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> 
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