Fri 2004-MAY-28 1519 PDT
Hello,
I am running Red Hat 8.0 Linux on a workstation. I am using GNOME for the desktop manager at the console (I don't know how to find out what version it is, but it is the version installed with Red Hat 8.0). I run VNC 3.3.7 on screen :1 and have it configured to use the KDE 3.0.3 desktop manager (KDE absolutely refuses to have more than one instance of itself running on the same host).
I have noticed a problem with the GNOME desktop at the console. After logging into the console of my Linux workstation, opening terminal windows and applications from the Panel is fine. As soon as I run a VNC server with "vncserver" (which starts a VNC server on screen :1), it takes about six to ten seconds for an application to open after being clicked in the Panel.
I opened a terminal and executed "tail -f .xsession-errors" to see if any kind of errors were happening with the X applications. After clicking on a GNOME application in the Panel (like gnome-terminal or gnome-system-monitor), I have to wait about six seconds and then the application will be displayed. The .xsession-errors file then records the following error:
(gnome-terminal:15404): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Could not open network socket.
If I launch a KDE application from GNOME, I have to wait for the same period of time and then the application will be displayed, with the following error in the .xsession-errors file:
DCOPServer up and running. Session management error: Could not open network socket
I suspect the that delay is the application timing out when it tries to open some network socket.
When I am using the VNC session from a VNC client, I have no delays when launching either GNOME or KDE applications from the KDE Lanchbar.
In order to get rid of the launching delays, I have to kill the VNC server, logout of GNOME, and then log back in.
My HOME directory is NFS mounted from a server with automounter. This is so I can log into different Linux workstations and have the same HOME directory.
My question is why is VNC interfering with the GNOME network sockets and how can I fix this problem so I don't have such a long delay when launching applications in GNOME?
System-specific information:
Red Hat version:
uname -a
Linux lnxvcmm02.vcd.hp.com 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
VNC version : 3.3.7
VNC "xstartup" file:
cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey # xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & # twm &
# Use this line to start GNOME # /usr/bin/gnome-session &
# Use this line to start KDE /usr/bin/startkde &
-Michael
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