Greetings,
Much to my dismay, I didn't find any real documentation or FAQ
describing the procedure for setting up a vnc server on a Linux machine
since using the vncserver command is only 1 step. After getting bits and
pieces of info from the mailing list archive and other websites, I was
able to get it working in Fedora 3, mostly using the message at
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-March/049889.html. I
recently had my department's not-so-linux experienced sys admin (at
Colorado State U) upgrade to Fedora 4. I thought I went through the same
steps, but even starting vncserver manually isn't working. I've already
spent several days on this, and I'm lucky I still have hair! Please help.
When I first tried to run vncserver, my log in .vnc said that it needed
libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3, so I copied that and related files from my
Fedora 3 backup directory. Other steps I did (from the message link above):
1) edit 'xdm-config' and comment out the line
'!DisplayManager.requestPort: 0'
2) edit 'kdmrc' and enable XDMCP on port 177 (if kde is new enough)
a) - '/etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc'
b) If running Gnome as your desktop, start gdmconfig, select
Expert Mode, ensure that Enable XDMCP is checked. (You must be logged in
as root) Note that remote login for root must be enabled in the
"Security" tab here if you want it.
3) edit Xaccess and uncomment the line '* #any host can get a
login window'
a) in /etc/X11/xdm/ (The line should actually start with an
asterisk.
4) other stuff to automatically start vnc servers that I'll not mention
here until I get a manual start working.
If I run
vncserver :1 -geometry 1260x1000 -depth 24
as root, and then type 'ps -ef | grep vnc' I get
root 2463 1 0 15:51 ? 00:00:00 Xvnc :1 -desktop
jasonpc.colostate.edu:1 () -httpd /usr/share/vnc/classes -auth
/root/.Xauthority -geometry 1260x1000 -depth 24 -rfbwait 30000 -rfbauth
/root/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -pn
root 2465 1 0 15:51 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /root/.vnc/xstartup
Then, 'netstat -alt' gives
tcp 0 0 *:5801
*:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:5901
*:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:6001
*:* LISTEN
among other things. However, when I try to connect via vncviewer to
jasonpc:1 (on the same LAN), I get:
unable to connect to host: A socket was attempted to an unreachable
host. (10065).
Here's the log file (I didn't always get all the HAL failure and
gnome/gtk warnings - I wonder if I screwed something up while tinkering):
Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1 - built Apr 27 2005 02:35:07
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 60802000, The X.Org Foundation
Sun Aug 28 15:51:53 2005
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing
from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
from list!
SESSION_MANAGER=local/jasonpc.colostate.edu:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2469
AUDIT: Sun Aug 28 15:52:01 2005: 2463 Xvnc: client 4 rejected from local
host
Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.
** (gnome-volume-manager:2608): WARNING **: hal_initialize failed:
Failed to connect to sock\
et /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
** (eggcups:2613): CRITICAL **: couldn't connect to session bus: Unable
to determine the add\
ress of the message bus
(gnome-panel:2597): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `\x80p\xf9
s/panel/applets/battstat_app\
let' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0x9ee4b98
bunch of GtkDeprecationWarnings <snip>
thanks,
Jason
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