[CentOS] VNC server problem
Fabian Arrotin
fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net
Tue Jul 22 12:22:21 UTC 2008
Gopinath Achari wrote:
> HI all,
>
> i am configuring VNC server in CentOS 5.1. i have enables this two
> lines in /etc/sysconfig/vncserver file
>
> VNCSERVERS="2:vnc"
> VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 1024x768 -depth 24"
>
> here i have created a user vnc and set the password using vncpasswd cmd.
>
>
> then i started the vncserver
>
> # vncserver
>
> New 'localhost.localdomain:1 (gopinath)' desktop is
> localhost.localdomain:1
>
> Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
> Log file is /root/.vnc/localhost.localdomain:1.log
>
> The above message was displayed about executing vncserver command. no OK
> status was displayed.
>
>
> then i used cmd
>
> vncviewer localhost.localdomain:5901
>
> it prompted for the passwd i gave the password then
>
> it started vncviewer but in that only cursor is displayed which can be
> moved. but no GUI display.
>
> Please help me on this if any one knows i am still a beginner to linux
>
by default vnc launches twm .. that can be changed/configured in
~/.vnc/xstartup
alternative to vnc : NX/FreeNX available in the Extras repository and a
wiki page exists here : http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX
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