On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 18:10 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > 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.... ---- you issue 'service vncserver restart' command from any command line (i.e. ssh) VNC does not have any encryption built in so remember, if you are using over any network, your login/passwords/traffic are not encrypted. FreeNX handles all that for you PLUS it gives you really nice data compression (better performance over limited bandwidth). Craig