Re: Viewing desktop from different computer same settings, won't connect

Check the Server Side config.  If the new laptop has a new IP, you may 
not have allowed the new IP in the config.

*Patrick Shoaf*
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On 6/6/2018 5:49 PM, Mark Foley wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:03:24 -0700 (MST) alowe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a desktop computer with no keyboard or screen. The only way to access
>> it is via remote. It's set up to run TightVNC server on startup and I've
>> been successfully accessing it via a laptop for about a year.
>>
>> Unfortunately that laptop died so I am now using TightVNC viewer from a
>> newer laptop. I managed to get the settings used from the old laptop's hard
>> drive so I know they are identical. Even manually set the IP and gateway on
>> the new laptop to same as old one. And I added an exception to the laptop so
>> it accepts TightVNC. The desktop has no firewall.
>>
>> When I connect the Ethernet cable and run TightVNC viewer with the settings
>> that previously worked for the last year it returns an error:
>>
>> 192.168.1.1:5900 - TightVNC Viewer
>> Error in TightVNC Viewer: No connection could be made because the target
>> machine actively refused it.
>>
>> The only difference between now and when it used to work is the version of
>> TightVNC viewer is 64bit and the old version was 32bit.
>>
>> When I ping the desktop on 192.168.1.1 is responds immediately with 0% loss.
>> So, I'm out of ideas. I don't understand why the desktop would refuse to
>> connect to a computer with the same IP address it used to connect to just
>> fine.
>>
>> The only other thing I could try would be to uninstall TightVNC 64bit and
>> try TightVNC 32bit but I don't see any logical reason why that would make
>> any difference.
>>
> The only thing I can think of is that your VNC server is not actually listening
> on 5900.  If your viewer computer is Linux (or Windows with telnet installed),
> try the following where ccarter should be your VNC server hostname or IP:
>
>> telnet ccarter 5900
> Trying 192.168.0.60...
> Connected to ccarter.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> RFB 003.008
>
> My server is x11vnc, but you should get some response.  If it doesn't connect
> you've got a problem on the viewer end, or a firewall on either server or viewer
> end is not permitting 5900.
>
> If you can ssh to the VNC server (or hook up kybd/monitor), do the following as
> root:
>
> # lsof -i 4 -a | grep 5900
> x11vnc     1613      root    9u  IPv4     14759      0t0  TCP *:5900 (LISTEN)
>
> If that doesn't work, and if you're sure VNC Server is running, grep for the
> name of the VNC server program (I don't know what it's called) instead of port
> 5900. Maybe it's listening on a different port.
>
> --Mark
>
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