Problems with VNC Server and Fedora Core 5

[Rex Dieter]

slaterm at geo.net.au wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been trying to get vncserver working on fc5, and it appears to start
> normally from the command line:
> 
> 
>>[slaterm at mail ~]$ vncserver 
>>New 'mail.domain.net:1 (slaterm)' desktop is mail.domain.net:1
>>Starting applications specified in /home/slaterm/.vnc/xstartup
>>Log file is /home/slaterm/.vnc/mail.domain.net:1.log
>>[slaterm at mail ~]$ 
> 
> 
> however the vncserver dies with no error messages except :
...
> I read the man page, and couldnt fine any info on debugging switches, or what to
> do to correct the problem.
> 
> Any Ideas ?

A best/common practice is to start vnc-server as a service.  Read (and 
hopefully) understand /etc/syconfig/vncservers and then (re)start the 
service with
/sbin/service vncserver restart

-- Rex