Scott Silva wrote: > on 12/6/2007 3:10 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: >> 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.... > "chkconfig vncserver --list" should tell you if it is set to start at > runlevel 3, and "chkconfig vncserver on" should make it start on boot > at level 3, 4 and 5. OK. --list showed only 5:on, doing the chkconfig vncserver on turned 2-4 on as well. So I will reboot the box and see how it runs!