VNC server problem
 

Hello all,

I have installed VNC on my gentoo linux distribution.
When I go to launch 'vncserver' it returns the following message then exits.

"xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "hostname:1" in "add" command

New 'X' desktop is hostname:1

Starting applications specified in /home/user/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/user/.vnc/hostname:1.log"

then exits back to shell,,

anyone know how to fix:

"xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "blue:1" in "add" command"

or what exactly is that telling me?

I am having the same problem. I think this is related to having changed the hostname. I started getting similar errors from squid (even though I don't use it) at about the same time as changing the hostname.

This may be a lame fix, but when I start having problems with VNC I delete the files out of the .vnc folder in my home directory. Then, when I start a VNC server again the files are re-created and usually it works fine. It will ask you to re-enter your password and that's about it.

Remember .vnc is a hidden folder though.

If you really want to, you could probably poke around in the files in the .vnc folder and try to find your problem there.
Exo

about the message:
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "hostname:1" in "add" command

I found a solution with a little enlightened trial and error. The problem started after changing the hostname and domainname (using hostname and domainname commands at a terminal).

The problem went away after editing the /etc/hosts file. I simply added the line:
"192.168.0.6 gwlinux.taylorhome gwlinux"

without the quotes.

I am getting my ip address from my router (via DHCP). So I looked up the address with ifconfig and entered in the line above.