>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 8:26 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lee Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all... Sorry if this is a little off topic for z Series.... > > I have a SLES install on a an Intel machine. The desktop works great on > the attached monitor. I have XDM/KDM running. But when I connect using > VNC, I get a blank X screen instead of the KDM login screen. > > I've set it up before on other Intel machines, and of course it doesn't > really apply on Z, so I don't use it much. But I'll be darned if I can > figure out how to get the login prompt instead of the blank X window.
I've had to do this a number of times recently for Intel/AMD systems. The easiest way to set things up is through YaST -> Network Devices -> Remote Administration Click the "Allow Remote Administration" radio button, and the "Open Port in Firewall" check box, then the "Finish" button. Then, make sure your display manager is really running: ps ax | grep dm and you should see kdm running. If not, then rcxdm status followed by rcxdm start, if needed. chkconfig --list xdm should show xdm set to run in runlevel 5 only. Make sure your system comes up in runlevel 5: runlevel grep initdefault /etc/inittab Also, YaST -> System -> /etc/sysconfig Editor -> Desktop -> Display manager Make sure the following settings are there: DISPLAYMANAGER = kdm DISPLAYMANAGER _REMOTE_ACCESS = yes DISPLAYMANAGER _STARTS_XSERVER = yes Finally, make sure xinetd is listening for VNC connections: chkconfig --list vnc and netstat -lnp | grep 5.01 should show xinetd listening on ports 5801 and 5901. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
