TightVNC Server
Philip Seeger
philip at philip-seeger.de
Sun Aug 9 18:39:01 UTC 2009
OK, I found out what I did wrong. I started the vncserver as root, so my xstartup file is located in /root/.vnc.
But my xstartup differs from yours.
I don't have these lines:
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
When I try to add those lines, the vncserver won't even start up.
So I started a vnc session with the standard xstartup (bash on gray background) and entered this:
startkde &
The gray background color changed to the KDE blue and the Fedora startup animation appeared.
But after some minutes, the animation disappeared and the console said this:
Dry Run Mode: running im without imsettings
Startkde: starting up...
At this point the program freezes (I can cancel it by pressing Ctrl + C).
It's the same thing when I add "startkde &" to my xstartup file...
What's wrong here?
Thanks for your help!
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:mikes at kuentos.guam.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:19 PM
To: Philip Seeger
Subject: Re: TightVNC Server
On 8 Aug 2009 at 15:47, Philip Seeger wrote:
From: "Philip Seeger" <philip at philip-seeger.de>
To: "'Michael D. Setzer II'" <mikes at kuentos.guam.net>
Subject: RE: TightVNC Server
Date sent: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:47:32 +0200
> "Then I edit the xstartup file and uncomment the two lines."
>
> I don't know if that's a dumb question, but i can't find a xstartup file?
> I tried cd /home/USER/.vnc
> And ls xstartup -> No such file or directory
>
> Why is that??
>
First, Is USER the id of the user that you are running vncserver on?
In my case it is.
/home/msetzerii/.vnc
Here is the contents of my xstartup.
#!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
twm &
The man vncserver discusses these files.
man vncserver should show the whole file, but here are the lines in
reference.
Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc:
$HOME/.vnc/xstartup
A shell script specifying X applications to be run when a VNC
desktop is started. If this file does not exist, then vncserver
will create a default xstartup script which attempts to launch
your chosen window manager.
$HOME/.vnc/passwd
The VNC password file.
http://www.tigervnc.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:mikes at kuentos.guam.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:21 PM
> To: Philip Seeger; Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora.
> Subject: Re: TightVNC Server
> -----
>
> The Desktop sharing was using something called VINO on Fedora 10,
> haven't looked at what Fedora 11 does with that. I use the regular vncserver.
> Logged in as the user I run vncserver :port (colon port).
> Example: vncserver :50
> That would load a vncserver session using port 5950
> The first time it will prompt for a password for the vnc, and will create the .vnc
> directory and the xstartup file.
> Then I edit the xstartup file and uncomment the two lines.
> Then I have to kill the vncserver, and run it again to have the correct desktop
> connect.
> I then edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file to start the vncserver session on
> startup for that user on that port..
> Also have to set the server to start under services.
>
> Then the session is automatcially started on boot up, and I can log into the
> machine using vncviewer IPaddress:port
> .
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael D. Setzer II
> > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:22 PM
> > To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora.
> > Subject: Re: TightVNC Server
> > -----
> >
> > You probable need to look at the xstartup file in the .vnc (period vnc)
> > directory in the users home directory. The file has a statement that you need
> > to uncomment two lines to get the normal screen? Don't know why that isn't
> > the default.
> >
> > The Fedora has changed to another vnc program that can be loaded by yum
> > install vncserver, and that is what I setup on my Fedora 11 systems.
> >
> >
> > > What do I have to do to see a copy of the screen (as I would see it if I’d connect a
> > > monitor to the Fedora machine)?
> > >
> > > Please make it easy, I’m new to Linux… :D
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help…
> > >
> >
> >
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> Guam Community College Computer Center
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> Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471
> Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes
> (Total Hours: 287,489)
>
> BOINC at HOME CREDITS
> SETI 8,314,905.8355 | EINSTEIN 2,806,514.5109 | ROSETTA
> 1,087,077.1721
>
>
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor
Guam Community College Computer Center
mailto:mikes at kuentos.guam.net
mailto:msetzerii at gmail.com
http://www.guam.net/home/mikes
Guam - Where America's Day Begins
+----------------------------------------------------------+
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original)
Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471
Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes
(Total Hours: 287,489)
BOINC at HOME CREDITS
SETI 8,314,905.8355 | EINSTEIN 2,806,514.5109 | ROSETTA
1,087,077.1721
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