Vnc

[closer]

When using vncserver and i log in from a remote computer
the X dislay is not gnome or kde it somthing I have never seen before. can gnome be loaded with vnc and how

Thanks

Closer

[taylor65]

Are you trying to remotely access a linux machine with another linux machine? If so, use Xnest instead of vnc.

[redhat71]

iirc, just modify .vnc/xstartup and change"twm &" to "exec gnome-session &" then restart vncserver

[tchung]

Hello,

If you haven't, please refer to:

http://fedoranews.org/tchung/vnc/

Thomas

[closer]

iirc, just modify .vnc/xstartup and change"twm &" to "exec gnome-session &" then restart vncserver


That was just what the doctor orderd. that worked perfect.
My vnc works great now thankyou very much for everyones help

Thankyou

Closer

[closer]

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Please note that this problem is resolved

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[maarten]

so i installed fedora core1
have a gnome desktop running
and tried to get vnc running, as a reference i used:
http://fedoranews.org/tchung/vnc/

check if it's there:
[root:]rpm -q vnc vnc-server
vnc-4.0-0.beta4.3
vnc-server-4.0-0.beta4.3

adapting:
/etc/sysconfig/vncservers
VNCSERVERS="1:maarten"

[root:]vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:

[root:]ls .vnc
passwd

but now it goes wrong:
[root:]sudo /sbin/service vncserver start
Starting VNC server: 1:maarten [FAILED]

who knows how to troubleshoot this.

maarten

[jedtheHumanoid]

marteen: i had the same problem when i went though the guide on fedoranews.
I found out the problem was that i didn't follow the guide extensively but instead i was root all the time trough the guide, with the result of vncpasswd setting the passwd for root and not the user i intended to set it for:rolleyes:.

Being correct user (same as you set in the vnc config file) when running vncpasswd and then starting server again solved it!
Good luck :)