On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 11:56 +0200, roland wrote: > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:37:30 +0200, Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > I changed /etc/sysconfig/vncservers like this > -----------> > VNCSERVERS="1:roland" > VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -depth 8 -nohttpd > -localhost -alwaysshared" > <------------ > then I did: vncpasswd (for roland) > > then I started the vncserver: service vncserver start which gave: > ----------> > Starting VNC server: 1:roland > New 'gdfecurie.gdf.fr:1 (roland)' desktop is gdfecurie.gdf.fr:1 > > Creating default startup script /home/roland/.vnc/xstartup > Starting applications specified in /home/roland/.vnc/xstartup > Log file is /home/roland/.vnc/gdfecurie.gdf.fr:1.log > > [ OK ] > <---------- > then I started the session with 192.168.100.241:1 > which gave the same result :-( > > Any ideas? ---- yeah...you need to implement /home/roland/.Xclients-default as I listed in previous e-mail (adjust for GNOME or other desktop manager as needed) because you are seeing twm. Restart vncserver service after you make the adjustment. -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
