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CentOS 5.3 VNC problems

Hi there,

To start with, I am running this OS at the moment:
centos-5-x86_64-default-5.3-20090803

Today I tried to install KDE & VNC in order to have Remote Desktop Access to the VPS.
Though I have a problem doing this, I followed the tutorial here:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=589702

On startup, there are a few errors, I will note them down for you here:

Code:



Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.2

Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.

See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.

Underlying X server release 70101000, The X.Org Foundation





Thu Apr 15 07:05:24 2010

 vncext:      VNC extension running!

 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5901

 vncext:      Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801

 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0

error opening security policy file /usr/lib64/xserver/SecurityPolicy

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!



Fatal server error:

could not open default font 'fixed'

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":1.0"

      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

xsetroot:  unable to open display ':1'

/root/.vnc/xstartup: line 5: xterm: command not found

xsetroot:  unable to open display ':1'

xset:  unable to open display ":1"

xsetroot:  unable to open display ':1'

startkde: Starting up...

ksplash: cannot connect to X server :1

kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server.

kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session.

kded: cannot connect to X server :1

DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-15698' to 'kded'

kcminit_startup: cannot connect to X server :1

ksmserver: cannot connect to X server :1

startkde: Shutting down...

klauncher: Exiting on signal 1

startkde: Running shutdown scripts...

startkde: Done.

This is a copy/paste from /root/.vnc/team-joc.com:1.log

Can anyone help me with this issue please?
I tried a few things that I found on Google but it won't work.

Thanks in advance.

Is the box actually configured to run a GUI? If it's console-only access you won't be able to connect to an X11 session.

Many hosted servers don't have X installed as it takes up additional space, presents a potential slew of security issues, etc.

It sounds like X isn't even running.... have you tried "startx" from the console?

(duplicate post removed)

Quote:

Originally Posted by strick1226 (Post 3936479)

I don't think it's configured for a GUI, but I am not sure...
Anyways, check out what I get when I executed "startx":

Code:

[root@team-joc ~]# startx

xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.21933

xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  no server "X" in PATH



Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and

that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server

for your display.  Possible server names include:



    Xorg        X.Org displays



xinit:  Server error.

Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

[root@team-joc ~]#

Hopefully this helps...

Furthermore, I would like to add that I contacted my VPS provider and that they will look into it.
Is there any way to install "X" through SSH?