lrolstad

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Hi,

I have googled for several hours now. I find many articles about the same problem but none of them can help me. Getting really tired of looking at that lame google banner :P

Anyway im hoping that someone her can help me in my never ending search to remote desktop to my linux computer.

When i log in to my linux computer from XP, i get this beutiful grey screen without terminal.

I have edited my .vnc/xstartup file, i have added startkde & at the bottom,
Most of the articles i read said that this would fix it.

This is my the code in my xstartup file.

I really hope some one her can help me, as far as i can understand many people have been having the same problem before me.

Thx.
LRolstad

gilead

The only times I've seen that problem, either the ~/.vnc/xstartup file didn't have the execute bit set (e.g. permissions 0750) or the /home partition was mounted noexec. Can you manually execute xstartup?

Apart from that, how are you starting the VNC server? Are there any errors in the log (usually in ~/.vnc/*log)?

lrolstad

I am going to test a bit later to day, when i come back from work.

Could the problem be that i installed my Box from a live cd? My computer dosent have a dvd-rom so i had to do it by cd.

lrolstad

I think my motherboard just died, thats how far i got with my linux server :P

gilead

Ouch! Good luck with that - but please let us know how you go with VNC once you get the box up again.

khalil_noura

Hello,

I am having the same problem. This is what I am getting in the log:


SSH Secure Shell 3.2.9 (Build 283)
Copyright (c) 2000-2003 SSH Communications Security Corp - http://www.ssh.com/

This copy of SSH Secure Shell is a non-commercial version.
This version does not include PKI and PKCS #11 functionality.


Last login: Fri Feb 29 11:27:28 2008 from training10.currynet.local
[root@LinuxTest ~]# ls -a
. .dmrc .ICEauthority .tcshrc
.. .eggcups install.log .Trash
anaconda-ks.cfg .gconf install.log.syslog .twmGWdkLm
.bash_history .gconfd .metacity .viminfo
.bash_logout .gnome .mozilla .vnc
.bash_profile .gnome2 .nautilus .Xauthority
.bashrc .gnome2_private .recently-used.xbel .xsession-errors
.cshrc .gstreamer-0.10 .redhat
Desktop .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 .systemtap
[root@LinuxTest ~]# cd .vnc
[root@LinuxTest .vnc]# vi xstartup
#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
twm &
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
[root@LinuxTest .vnc]# ls -a
. LinuxTest:1.log LinuxTest:2.log passwd
.. LinuxTest:1.pid LinuxTest:2.pid xstartup
[root@LinuxTest .vnc]# vi Linextest:2.log

~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
[root@LinuxTest .vnc]# ls
LinuxTest:1.log LinuxTest:2.log passwd
LinuxTest:1.pid LinuxTest:2.pid xstartup
[root@LinuxTest .vnc]# vi LinuxTest:2.log

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


Fri Feb 29 10:23:33 2008
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5902
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5802
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!

Fri Feb 29 10:50:22 2008
HTTPServer: getting / for 192.168.1.95
HTTPServer: completed HTTP request

Fri Feb 29 10:50:23 2008
HTTPServer: getting /favicon.ico for 192.168.1.95
HTTPServer: completed HTTP request

"LinuxTest:2.log" 60L, 2055C

Augusst

I had the same issue with VNC running on an VPS and I fixed by simply changing the .vnc/xstartup file from (without the quotes):

"#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
x-window-manager &"

To simply:

"#!/bin/sh

startkde &"

At first I tried leaving the initial code and adding this last one under the last line (x-window-manager &) although it was taking much longer to start and after a few restarts it would even start again.

With this short code it starts fast and smooth.

Hope this helps

khalil_noura

After you edit your xstartup file. stop/restart vnc services.
Sorry I am not at work today otherwise I would have sent you a link to a documnetated method that fixed my problem.