LinuxQuestions.org - Need to Installing a Desktop Environment on a Centos 5.5 server to run VNC

Hey Guys,

I've done the following:

yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" "X Window System"

but when I connect via, VNC I get a minimalist screen and console.

I ran "startx" and got this:

/usr/local/bin/startx: line 25: /usr/openwin/lib/mkcookie: No such file or directory

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/hostname:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.el5 i686 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux hostname 2.6.18-238.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 17:10:20 EST 2011 i686
Build Date: 20 April 2011
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.76.el5_6.4
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Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Apr 27 12:42:03 2011
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONPreInit
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit e8000000 0
(**) RADEON(0): Map: 0xe8000000, 0x04000000
(WW) RADEON(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe8000000,0x4000000)
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSave
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveMode(0x8d4b55c)
(**) RADEON(0): Read: 0x00000007 0x00060065 0x00000000
(**) RADEON(0): Read: rd=7, fd=101, pd=6
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveMode returns 0x8d4b55c
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONInitMemoryMap() :
(**) RADEON(0): mem_size : 0x04000000
(**) RADEON(0): MC_FB_LOCATION : 0xebffe800
(**) RADEON(0): MC_AGP_LOCATION : 0xffffffc0
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONModeInit()
800x600 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 (24,32) +H +V
800x600 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 (24,32) +H +V
(**) RADEON(0): Pitch = 6815848 bytes (virtualX = 800, displayWidth = 832)
(**) RADEON(0): dc=4000, of=32000, fd=142, pd=8
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONInit returns 0x8d4bf0c
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMode()
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() :
(**) RADEON(0): MC_FB_LOCATION : 0xebffe800
(**) RADEON(0): MC_AGP_LOCATION : 0xffffffc0
(**) RADEON(0): Map Changed ! Applying ...
(**) RADEON(0): Map applied, resetting engine ...
(**) RADEON(0): Updating display base addresses...
(**) RADEON(0): Memory map updated.
(**) RADEON(0): Programming CRTC1, offset: 0x00000000
(**) RADEON(0): Wrote: 0x0000000c 0x0003008e 0x00000000 (0x0000a500)
(**) RADEON(0): Wrote: rd=12, fd=142, pd=3
(**) RADEON(0): GRPH_BUFFER_CNTL from 20005c5c to 20055c5c
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(0)
(**) RADEON(0): Setting up initial surfaces
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing fb layer
(**) RADEON(0): Setting up accel memmap
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing backing store
(**) RADEON(0): Setting up final surfaces
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing Acceleration
(**) RADEON(0): EngineInit (32/32)
(**) RADEON(0): Pitch for acceleration = 104
(**) RADEON(0): EngineRestore (32/32)
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing DPMS
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing Cursor
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing color map
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing DGA
(**) RADEON(0): Initializing Xv
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit finished
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Multiple symbols for level 1/group 1 on key <I5F>
> Using XF86Sleep, ignoring XF86Standby
> Warning: Symbol map for key <I5F> redefined
> Using last definition for conflicting fields
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

Can anyone help me out?

I need to get a real desktop environment running on this box.

Centos 5.5