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  • Installing Real VNC on RHEL

    Red Hat-compatible Linux The following instructions are valid for CentOS 5 running the GNOME desktop environment. Instructions may differ slightly fordifferent versions of CentOS, and versions of Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise, running different desktop environments, but theprinciple is the same. If in doubt, consult the operating system documentation. Downloading VNC Download a VNC for Linux…

  • Authentication Error with VNC

    Issue User is reciving a GUI pop-up messages that says the following, and asks for the root password at login: When logging into a VNC session as user the following message is received: Environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnome-packagekit, several versions  Resolution Solution 1: Ensure that the system is properly registered with RHN/Satellite (Re)register…

  • Configure redhat remote printers

    On system connected to printer In system-config-settings under server settings check Share published printers connected to this system. On system connecting to remote printer Using makePrinter, create a printer using the same printer name as server. Also, hostname of server must be in /etc/hosts.  The UIR(port) should be ipp-1. Using system-config-printers, modify Device URI to read ipp//host-IP:631/printers/printer-name This allows for remote printing using the internet printer protocol.