On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:26:55PM +0300, virtanen wrote: > > I installed vncserver and xvncviewer. > [...] > > The second problem is that I cannot run xvncviewer on the local consoles. > Basically the server is working (as 'root'), because I can run a viewer on > a mswin machine to get an vnc access to the machine. On the local machine > the viewer starts, but it is complaining that it cannot open the display. > What is wrong? What to do? >
xvncviewer is not actually an xserver in the sense that you type it from a text console and it gives you a graphical console. All the viewer does is allow you to view a vnc session started by the server. Once you have a GUI to play with, xvncviewer will let you load the independent xsession you've started with vncserver. In case that's really unclear, try doing a startx followed by a vncserver; xvncviewer with appropriate options. Your startx session will now contain a window which has your vnc session in it. Rob -- I never met a woman I couldn't drink pretty.
