[CentOS] VNCsever not starting at boot

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Dec 6 23:10:43 UTC 2007


Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 17:11 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>   
>> Craig White wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set to start at boot.
>>>>
>>>> in /etc/inittab I have init 3
>>>>
>>>> vncserver does not start at boot.
>>>>
>>>> I log in on the console as root and
>>>>
>>>> service vncserver start
>>>>
>>>> and it starts with some warning messages about bad display name in "add" 
>>>> command, but I do not see where these are logged to copy them into this 
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>> Once I start it from the console, I have trouble using the vnc client to 
>>>> access the server.
>>>>
>>>> I really need for the vncserver to start at boot, as I want it to run in 
>>>> a place with no monitor or keyboard....
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> ----
>>> I don't recall there being an issue vs runlevel 3 or 5
>>>
>>> First off, nx is a much better way to go
>>>   
>>>       
>> yeah, but that will take a bit of work.  At least when I look at it back 
>> in the summer, it was not just a drop in as vnc has ALMOST been.
>>     
>>> Anyway...what's contents of /etc/sysconfig/vncserver ? Is it configured?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Only thing I have configured is the vncservers= line
>>
>> and for ~/.vnc I have run vncpasswd to set the password and edited the 
>> xstartup file to run gnome instead of X:
>>
>> For Gnome, replace "twm &" with "exec gnome-session &"
>>
>> also uncommented the two lines in xstartup for 'normal desktop'.  Didn't 
>> notice any difference though,
>>     
> ----
> service vncserver restart should be all that you need then
And how do I do that without logging into the console?  My goal is I 
boot the system up, and then over the network I remote into the server.  
I suppose I could 'cheat' and have webmin running....





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