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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Five tips for troubleshooting Linux desktops ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Troubleshooting Linux with logs]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3732031]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I like that you have check the logs as the number one step, this is critical and often looked over.While most important information is stored here, I have found the below extremely useful in order to get further information logged to /var/log (or where ever you like) in order to help pin point issues.http://www.rootusers.com/my-top-3-linux-commands-for-logging-problems/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BobTatus]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:10:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[troubleshooting Linux desktops]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3479306]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[At this time all linux machines can only view desktop sharing presentations, One thing to note is that each Linux distribution has a different ???recommended??? method for making changes----------------- Linux VPN]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kelly-wilson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:01:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Debugging]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3442639]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Well, all of the simple steps say it should work, so some debugging is in order. Note: I'm assuming that you're connecting to these 2 machines via a common 3rd machine to eliminate potential client-configuration artifacts.1. Establish a telnet session to (not from) port 5801 on each machine. Compare the responses. Also establish telnet sessions to port 5901 on each machine in preparation for the next step. You should see something like this:$ telnet   5801Trying  ...Connected to  Escape character is '^]'.If it never gets past the &quot;Trying &quot;, The firewall is blocking that port. If you get a &quot;connection refused&quot; message, the port is open but there is no enabled service on that port.2. Using a VNC client (varies with the installed window manager), connect to each machine at VNC:1 (port 5901). This confirms that xinetd and the VNC server are properly configured and running.3. If you get the appropriate identical responses from both machines to both steps, then the issue is with the Java applet that gets downloaded to the browser. You'll need to monitor network traffic to both machines using a sniffer (e.g Wireshark) to see what's different and go from there.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[r_widell]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:49:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RDP or VNC]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3442124]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Yes.. My all machines are of Suse-11.I have enabled Remote administration via YAST on all machines.And both system having same  /etc/xinetd.d/vnc  files. Also I am able to do telnet to 5801 from both machines.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[maheshtra]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:25:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[distro-specific]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3441821]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Now we're getting to a distro-specific point. Debian-based distros don't automatically include the java applet with the vnc server, but openSUSE does. Are they both running the same distro, release &amp; desktop manager? If not, it's going to get way to complicated for this forum. You say one of the machines (but not which one) is running Suse Linux 11. I'm familiar with openSUSE 11.[1-3], so my comments will be based on that. Did you enable Remote Administration (VNC) via YAST on both machines? Are the /etc/xinetd.d/vnc files are identical? Can you telnet into both machines at port 5801?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[r_widell]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:38:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RDP or VNC]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3441661]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Hi ,Well I am doing remote desktop of machine through web browser.My other machine's RDP is able to open but this machine is gving problem.all ports are open on that machine. tightvnc and vncserer both packages are installed on machine.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[maheshtra]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:13:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RDP or VNC?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3441000]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Are you trying to make an RDP connection or a VNC connection? An RDP server typically listens on TCP port 3389. A VNC server typically listens on TCP port 5800+DisplayID. Making a VNC connection using HTTP with a web browser normally requires a service that downloads a java applet to the browser. This service usually listens on TCP port 5900+DisplayID and requires that the vnc-java (or tightvnc-java) package is installed in addition to vnc4server (or tightvncserver).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[r_widell]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:18:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Network Error : Remote side connection closed]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi all,This may be not related to this thread but I need help on this ASAP.I am trying to connect remote desktop of machine through web browser say firefox.http://ip-of-my-host:5801/ my host has Suse11 linux I have enabled RDP of the machines.But when I do http://ip-of-my-host:5801/ I get Network error. Any pointer will be appreciated.Thanks in advance]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[maheshtra]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:34:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Agreed]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3432359]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I also have this pet peeve with debian, even though debian is my favorite distribution and I use it on all my PCs. While it isn't something a new user(the type who would need these instructions, IMHO) would do, you -can- configure runlevel 3 manually to be like other distro's runlevel 3. This is what I usually do.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mordocai]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:42:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[#2 and Debian (and derivatives)]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3431578]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is a great idea which won't work on Debian or any of it's derivatives. Why? Because Debian decided that anything beyond runlevel 2 is useless, so rather than having to go to runlevel 5 to get into a windowed desktop environment, you get the whole kit and kaboodle at runlevel2.In case you hadn't guessed, this is one of my pet peeves wrt Debian.ron]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[r_widell]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:09:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[good one]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3430932]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[very informative.http://www.asktechguru.com]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gururaj9]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:08:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'd move, not remove]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3429326]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I mv ~/.kde4 .kde4.old rather than remove the user configs. If that ain't the problem just move back and you haven't left the user with a default desktop.The default desktop, especially KDE4, can be a huge annoyance. (bouncing busy cursors, useless startups in the notification area etc)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:51:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Logs!!!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-342285-3428307]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Check Messages, boot, and dmsg.  90% of all issues are in there.  The ones that aren't or show multiple oddities are likely driver or configuration issues.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alpha_Dog]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:29:39 -0800</pubDate>
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