mbryan wrote:
I am a Linux (Fedora core) newbie, so I hope I don't try anyone's patience
here.
I have VNC up and running on FC4. It is fully functional with one
exception. I'm unable to login via a VNC connection and see a desktop
unless I have logged in locally (directly on the machine) beforehand. My
desire is to locate the FC4 server in a network closet with no monitor
attached. In this case a local login would be difficult. I want to be able
to boot the FC4 server and login soley over a VNC connection.
As I mentioned, I'm currently able to login via VNC if I log into the FC4
server locally. If I do not login to the FC4 server locally and attempt yo
login solely over a VNC connection, I receive the VNC prompt, enter the
established VNC connection password and a session appears, but it is a black
screen with a white "x" for a cursor. No desktop appears and no command
prompt.
What am I missing?
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I'm sorry to say, I think you mis some major X11 knowledge...
In the RedHat 7.3 days (and RH9 too) I had setup several combinations.
Roughly it is as follows:
Setup 1: console on text, vnc to provide display :0.0, including gnome.
In the gnome configuration file, there is a line where XFree86 (or Xorg)
is started. Just replace that line with the path to Xvnc. Also provide
the proper options to Xvnc (I recall this is an additional line,
however, some options can also go on the same line as Xvnc).
Setup 2: Console in X11, using the default setup. A gnome vnc session on
:1.0 and :4.0: In the gnome setup, additional X-servers can be started.
just do so following the (minimal) documentation. Xvnc is your X-server
binary.
In the above, the Xvnc must be called with options to setup the
resolution, colordepth and optionally a password file. See the vncserver
script for some usage examples.
btw: I did the above with gnome, kde (both on linux) and with cde (on
hp-ux). Once you know your way around it is relative easy.
Success
CBee
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