I followed your instructions and tried from a machine within the local network with the same failed to connect to server message. I also had shut the firewall completely off. > Gene Lapointe" <gene@thelapointefamily.com> wrote: > >> In my xstartup file, i also had this line >> > > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup. >> > > >> >> > My xstartup may have been carried forward from a previous release. >> > Seems to work fine though. The main thing is to comment out the >> > xsetroot, vncconfig, and xterm entries. These won't affect just >> getting >> > things working but the default is minimal. >> > >> >> Ok, we're getting somewhere. /etc/vnc/xstartup doesn't exist. >> > If /etc/vnc/xstartup doesn't exist, [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec > /etc/vnc/xstartup will fail and vnc won't work. Try converting your > .vnc/xstartup to use exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. I've included my > .vnc/xstartup below if you just want to drop a copy into ~/.vnc on one > of your systems to see if it works for you. >>> > You might want to check that /etc/vnc/xstartup exists and is >>> executable >>> > by your VNC user (none of my systems with vnc-server installed have >>> that >>> > file). If not, try using the relevant portion of the .vnc/xstartup I >>> > provided instead. >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > Dave > ~/.vnc/xstartup: > > #!/bin/sh > > # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: > unset SESSION_MANAGER > exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > # xsetroot -solid grey > # vncconfig -iconic & > # xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & > gnome-session > > > -- > Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. > -- Ambrose Bierce > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Gene Lapointe gene@thelapointefamily.com