On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 23:55 +0200, roland wrote: > Hello, > > I installed fed6 and tried vncviewer on this server.As a result I had a > black screen with a cursor in it.I used the same CD's for a previous > installation and this worked without any problem. > > What could be wrong. > > vncserver is started. I had to type 'vncserver' to get a xstartup file in > the $HOME/.vnc directory. > > Isn't there anything like a checklist for vnc? > > This installation is a horror. ---- users must set a password.... # su - SOME_USER $ vncpasswd I would recommend that you use /etc/sysconfig/vncserver something like this... VNCSERVERS="1:craig" ARGS="-geometry 800x600 -depth 8 -alwaysshared " and also something like this in this users home directory $ cat ~/.Xclients-default #! /bin/bash # Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher WM="startkde" WMPATH="/usr/bin /opt/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin" for p in $WMPATH ; do [ -x $p/$WM ] && exec $p/$WM done exit 1 -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list