xen discuss - Dec 2007 - Problem in getting windows console from other clients

Hi All,

I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing went fine and I 
am able to get the windows console using "vncviewer :0" from dom0.
I want to get same windows console from other machines in LAN.
I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also "vncviewer
<domu_ip>:0" but no luck.

Please tell me the right way to get windows console from other machines 
(other than dom0).

Thanks,
--Navin

Hi Navin,

You command is using the display number.  Try <ip address>:590<dom
id>.

e.g.  For domain 1 you would have <ip address>:5900

-Christian

Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing went fine and I 
> am able to get the windows console using "vncviewer :0" from
dom0.
> I want to get same windows console from other machines in LAN.
> I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also "vncviewer
<domu_ip>:0" but no luck.
>
> Please tell me the right way to get windows console from other machines 
> (other than dom0).
>
> Thanks,
> --Navin
> _______________________________________________
> xen-discuss mailing list
> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>

Hi Christian,

Thanks for the prompt reply, however no luck yet.

This is the scenario:
dom0 IP: 1.1.1.1
domU IP: 2.2.2.2
domU ID: 16

I tried different combinations, but not able to get the console. Always 
getting the error "unable to connect to host: connection
refused(146)".
Do i need to do any manual configuration on either dom0 or domU.

Any thoughts ??

Thanks,
-Navin

Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
> Hi Navin,
>
> You command is using the display number.  Try <ip address>:590<dom
id>.
>
> e.g.  For domain 1 you would have <ip address>:5900
>
> -Christian
>
> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing went fine and 
>> I am able to get the windows console using "vncviewer :0"
from dom0.
>> I want to get same windows console from other machines in LAN.
>> I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also "vncviewer
<domu_ip>:0" but no
>> luck.
>>
>> Please tell me the right way to get windows console from other 
>> machines (other than dom0).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Navin
>> _______________________________________________
>> xen-discuss mailing list
>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>   
>
>

Hi Navin,

The VNC session that you are trying to attach to is running on dom0 so 
you will need to use its IP address.  Try running ''netstat -a | grep 
590'' on your dom0 and see if anything is listening on ports 5900, 5901.
If there is nothing listening on those ports, how did you create your 
domain, virt-install or ''xm create''?

-Christian



Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply, however no luck yet.
>
> This is the scenario:
> dom0 IP: 1.1.1.1
> domU IP: 2.2.2.2
> domU ID: 16
>
> I tried different combinations, but not able to get the console. 
> Always getting the error "unable to connect to host: connection 
> refused(146)".
> Do i need to do any manual configuration on either dom0 or domU.
>
> Any thoughts ??
>
> Thanks,
> -Navin
>
> Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>
>> Hi Navin,
>>
>> You command is using the display number.  Try <ip
address>:590<dom id>.
>>
>> e.g.  For domain 1 you would have <ip address>:5900
>>
>> -Christian
>>
>> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing went fine
and
>>> I am able to get the windows console using "vncviewer :0"
from dom0.
>>> I want to get same windows console from other machines in LAN.
>>> I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also
"vncviewer <domu_ip>:0" but no
>>> luck.
>>>
>>> Please tell me the right way to get windows console from other 
>>> machines (other than dom0).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --Navin
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> xen-discuss mailing list
>>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>>   
>>
>>
>

Output for netstat:

bash-3.2# netstat -a | grep 590
localhost.5900             *.*                0      0 49152      0 LISTEN

I created the domain using virt-install. Here we can see that it''s 
listening on 5900.
Still I am not able to access it using <ip>:5900. Don''t know
what''s wrong.

--Navin


Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>Hi Navin,
>
>The VNC session that you are trying to attach to is running on dom0 so 
>you will need to use its IP address.  Try running ''netstat -a |
grep
>590'' on your dom0 and see if anything is listening on ports 5900,
5901.
>If there is nothing listening on those ports, how did you create your 
>domain, virt-install or ''xm create''?
>
>-Christian
>
>
>
>Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Christian,
>>
>>Thanks for the prompt reply, however no luck yet.
>>
>>This is the scenario:
>>dom0 IP: 1.1.1.1
>>domU IP: 2.2.2.2
>>domU ID: 16
>>
>>I tried different combinations, but not able to get the console. 
>>Always getting the error "unable to connect to host: connection 
>>refused(146)".
>>Do i need to do any manual configuration on either dom0 or domU.
>>
>>Any thoughts ??
>>
>>Thanks,
>>-Navin
>>
>>Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi Navin,
>>>
>>>You command is using the display number.  Try <ip
address>:590<dom id>.
>>>
>>>e.g.  For domain 1 you would have <ip address>:5900
>>>
>>>-Christian
>>>
>>>Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing went fine
and
>>>>I am able to get the windows console using "vncviewer
:0" from dom0.
>>>>I want to get same windows console from other machines in LAN.
>>>>I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also
"vncviewer <domu_ip>:0" but no
>>>>luck.
>>>>
>>>>Please tell me the right way to get windows console from other 
>>>>machines (other than dom0).
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>--Navin
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>xen-discuss mailing list
>>>>xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>>>  
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>      
>>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>xen-discuss mailing list
>xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>  
>

Hi Navin,

It looks like VNC is only listening on localhost, therefor you will not 
be able to connect from an external host.  To enable access from remote 
hosts:

# svccfg -s xvm/xend setprop config/vnc-listen = astring: \"0.0.0.0\"
# svcadm refresh xvm/xend
# svcadm restart xvm/xend

Then re-create your domains and VNC should be listening on *.5900 
instead of localhost.5900

-Christian

Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
> Output for netstat:
>
> bash-3.2# netstat -a | grep 590
> localhost.5900             *.*                0      0 49152      0 LISTEN
>
> I created the domain using virt-install. Here we can see that it''s
> listening on 5900.
> Still I am not able to access it using <ip>:5900. Don''t know
what''s wrong.
>
> --Navin
>
>
> Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>> Hi Navin,
>>
>> The VNC session that you are trying to attach to is running on dom0 so 
>> you will need to use its IP address.  Try running ''netstat -a
| grep
>> 590'' on your dom0 and see if anything is listening on ports
5900, 5901.
>> If there is nothing listening on those ports, how did you create your 
>> domain, virt-install or ''xm create''?
>>
>> -Christian
>>
>>
>>
>> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi Christian,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the prompt reply, however no luck yet.
>>>
>>> This is the scenario:
>>> dom0 IP: 1.1.1.1
>>> domU IP: 2.2.2.2
>>> domU ID: 16
>>>
>>> I tried different combinations, but not able to get the console. 
>>> Always getting the error "unable to connect to host:
connection
>>> refused(146)".
>>> Do i need to do any manual configuration on either dom0 or domU.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts ??
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Navin
>>>
>>> Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Hi Navin,
>>>>
>>>> You command is using the display number.  Try <ip
address>:590<dom id>.
>>>>
>>>> e.g.  For domain 1 you would have <ip address>:5900
>>>>
>>>> -Christian
>>>>
>>>> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing went
fine and
>>>>> I am able to get the windows console using "vncviewer
:0" from dom0.
>>>>> I want to get same windows console from other machines in
LAN.
>>>>> I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also
"vncviewer <domu_ip>:0" but no
>>>>> luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please tell me the right way to get windows console from
other
>>>>> machines (other than dom0).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> --Navin
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> xen-discuss mailing list
>>>>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>>>>   
>>>>>         
>>>>       
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> xen-discuss mailing list
>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>   
>

Thanks Christian  :-)
It''s working !!!

--Navin


Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
> Hi Navin,
>
> It looks like VNC is only listening on localhost, therefor you will 
> not be able to connect from an external host.  To enable access from 
> remote hosts:
>
> # svccfg -s xvm/xend setprop config/vnc-listen = astring:
\"0.0.0.0\"
> # svcadm refresh xvm/xend
> # svcadm restart xvm/xend
>
> Then re-create your domains and VNC should be listening on *.5900 
> instead of localhost.5900
>
> -Christian
>
> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>
>> Output for netstat:
>>
>> bash-3.2# netstat -a | grep 590
>> localhost.5900             *.*                0      0 49152      0 
>> LISTEN
>>
>> I created the domain using virt-install. Here we can see that
it''s
>> listening on 5900.
>> Still I am not able to access it using <ip>:5900. Don''t
know what''s
>> wrong.
>>
>> --Navin
>>
>>
>> Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Navin,
>>>
>>> The VNC session that you are trying to attach to is running on dom0
>>> so you will need to use its IP address.  Try running
''netstat -a |
>>> grep 590'' on your dom0 and see if anything is listening on
ports
>>> 5900, 5901.  If there is nothing listening on those ports, how did 
>>> you create your domain, virt-install or ''xm
create''?
>>>
>>> -Christian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the prompt reply, however no luck yet.
>>>>
>>>> This is the scenario:
>>>> dom0 IP: 1.1.1.1
>>>> domU IP: 2.2.2.2
>>>> domU ID: 16
>>>>
>>>> I tried different combinations, but not able to get the
console.
>>>> Always getting the error "unable to connect to host:
connection
>>>> refused(146)".
>>>> Do i need to do any manual configuration on either dom0 or
domU.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts ??
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Navin
>>>>
>>>> Christian Smith - Sun Microsystems - Dublin Ireland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Navin,
>>>>>
>>>>> You command is using the display number.  Try <ip
address>:590<dom
>>>>> id>.
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g.  For domain 1 you would have <ip address>:5900
>>>>>
>>>>> -Christian
>>>>>
>>>>> Navin.Kumar@Sun.COM wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>      
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I created a XP domU on solaris xVM(build 79).Everthing
went fine
>>>>>> and I am able to get the windows console using
"vncviewer :0"
>>>>>> from dom0.
>>>>>> I want to get same windows console from other machines
in LAN.
>>>>>> I tried "vncviewer <dom0_ip>:0" also
"vncviewer <domu_ip>:0" but
>>>>>> no luck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please tell me the right way to get windows console
from other
>>>>>> machines (other than dom0).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> --Navin
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> xen-discuss mailing list
>>>>>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>>>>>           
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> xen-discuss mailing list
>>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>>>   
>>
>>
>