Thank you, I think you put on the right path... netstat shows no port for vnc at all, unless I execute vncserver as root, I issue the command service vncserver restart Shutting down VNC server: [ OK ] Starting VNC server: [ OK ] then service vncserver status Xvnc is stopped D'OH!!!! Does anyone have any ideas why vncserver won't start? No errors in syslog. hkclark at gmail.com wrote >> Hi Ryan, >> >> I usually just use the vncserver approach, which starts the :1 on port >> 5901, so I may not be the best person to advise you. However, I'm >> wondering if you go to the device running the "VNC server" and do a >> command like "netstat -tupan" (run as root to get the PIDs) to see >> what port the VNC process is using. Maybe it's not on 5900 for some >> reason. >> >> Kennedy >>