On 22 Jul 2014 at 13:02, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:02:02 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: vncserver not starting today Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > OK. New day, new testing. I can get IPv4 setup quickly and routing > right. Yeah me (with a little help from my friends I got by)! > > So I go to start vncserver where I was up to yesterday where I got the > display wrong and get: > > # systemctl start vncserver@:3.service > Job for vncserver@:3.service failed. See 'systemctl status > vncserver@:3.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. > > # systemctl -l status vncserver@:3.service > vncserver@:3.service - Remote desktop service (VNC) > Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:3.service; enabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2010-01-01 00:28:15 > EST; 35s ago > Process: 952 ExecStart=/sbin/runuser -l rgm -c /usr/bin/vncserver > %i > (code=exited, status=2) > Process: 949 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > > /dev/null 2>&1 || : (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Jan 01 00:28:15 > cb2.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: vncserver@:3.service: control process > exited, code=exited status=2 Jan 01 00:28:15 cb2.htt-consult.com > systemd[1]: Failed to start Remote desktop service (VNC). Jan 01 > 00:28:15 cb2.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: Unit vncserver@:3.service > entered failed state. > > So now what? It worked yesterday.... > Check if there is a /tmp/.X11-unix/X3 file. It is suppose to be removed with a normal shutdown, but sometimes isn't and causes the vnc not to start. I used a cron.hourly script that would check if vnc serve running, and if not, it would remove the file, and then use systemctl to restart the service. > I can't find anything I did yesterday that I am not doing today. > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have > a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ 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@HOME CREDITS ROSETTA 17924585.874977 | SETI 29593668.378551 ABC 16613838.513356 | EINSTEIN 28547237.391636 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
