On 22 Apr 2009 at 13:52, Steve Ellis wrote:
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From: Steve Ellis <ellis(a)brouhaha.com>
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Subject: Re: Remote administration of FC 10 headless servers.
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Mark Haney wrote:
> Tim Waugh wrote:
>
>> Mark Haney wrote:
>>
>>> And on a side note, you can also use vnc to do GUI type things like
>>> installing apps and updates as well.
>>>
>> No, this hasn't worked for me on Fedora 10 for a while (yes, bugzilla
>> report filed).
>>
>> Is it actually working for you? Are you using the 'vncserver'
>> initscript to start the VNC session?
>>
>> Tim.
>> */
>>
>>
>
> Yes and yes. It works perfectly for me. I've had no trouble at all.
>
>
>
Like Tim and unlike Mark, I also have trouble with this--I believe this
is a selinux-enabled problem with respect to PackageKit/PolicyKit and
VNC sessions, at least based on the googling that I've been able to do.
I've tried changing policy from my actual console (which is
inconveniently 7 feet off the ground in the garage), but have thus far
been unable to have much luck--I haven't tried completely wide-open
policies though. I did install yumex for finding installables,
however. I use 'yum update' from the command line for regular updating.
-se
You do have to open up the port in the firewall.
system-config-firewall
other ports
Click Add
Enter port 5900 + port you use for server
Example:
vncserver :50
Add port 5950 TCP
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