CentOS - Apr 2005 - Vncserver not serving up my gnome desktop, just a fancy terminal!

I have the vncserver running on CentOS 4, but when I log in
using vncviewer from another box, I don't see my gnome
desktop, just a fancy terminal. I suspect I need to edit
the ~/.vnc "xstartup file, but what do I add to fix this.
On all other distros I have tried, the vncserver serves up
my gnome desktop by default.

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I figured this one out, just comment out everything in
~/.vnc/xstartup then add:

gnome-session &

Lee

--- Lee Parmeter <leejpar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have the vncserver running on CentOS 4, but when I log
> in
> using vncviewer from another box, I don't see my gnome
> desktop, just a fancy terminal. I suspect I need to edit
> the ~/.vnc "xstartup file, but what do I add to fix this.
> On all other distros I have tried, the vncserver serves
> up
> my gnome desktop by default.
> 
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> 
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> 
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> Republic!
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--- "Jerry57 (GMail)" <jerry57 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello Noah,
> 
>   CentOS seems to have it, I will be taking a look at it
> later on
>   today.  Thanks for the tip.
> 
>   jer
> 
> Sunday, April 24, 2005, 9:58:37 AM, you wrote:
> 
> 
> applications >> preferences > remote desktop
> 
> > "Vino is a VNC server for GNOME. It allows remote users
> to
> >  connect to a running GNOME session using VNC."
> 
> > I have it here, but then again I have added some apt
> repos so I'm not
> > sure if it's a stock centos package.
The Vino package was installed on my installation by
default, but I am unable to connect to the CentOS 4 server
from a client machine running Ubuntu Hoary (gnome 2.10).
The  is rejected. Tried vncviewer using hostname:0 per
documentation. So, I am now wondering what else needs to be
done to enable remote connects to succeed. I did configure
the "remote desktop" settings per discussion in the thread.

I would just use the standard Xvnc and hostname:1, which is
working, but when I login via vncviewer I am unable to do
any root configuration via gnome. In other distros, I have
not had this problem. I run my file server without a
monitor, so I need full access to root settings from gnome
just like I have when logged in non-root using a monitor
and keyboard.

Lee

 
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--- William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> 
> Lee Parmeter wrote:
> [snip]
> > The Vino package was installed on my installation by
> > default, but I am unable to connect to the CentOS 4
> server from a client
> > machine running Ubuntu Hoary (gnome 2.10). The  is
> rejected. Tried
> > vncviewer using hostname:0 per documentation. So, I am
> now wondering what
> > else needs to be done to enable remote connects to
> succeed. I did
> > configure the "remote desktop" settings per discussion
> in the thread.
> 
> Check the usual suspects?  Is your firewall configured
> correctly?  Is vino
> actually listening (netstat)?
No firewall. The viewer even fails when run on the server
as:  vncviewer localhost:0

Since I am on a trusted network, I added an ALL statement
ot hosts.allow for my client machine's ip.
> 
> I don't know vino specifically, does it leverage the VNC
> X module?
Yes, I think that's what is needed. Some statements are
required in the xorg.conf file to enable vnc support. I ran
across some info in this area on the Ubuntu forums.
> > I would just use the standard Xvnc and hostname:1,
> which is
> > working, but when I login via vncviewer I am unable to
> do any root
> > configuration via gnome.
> 
> I can't say I've seen this issue.  Do you have a Gnome
> session open on the
> console at the same time? 
Not always, generally the user is logged out of the server.

 I know Gnome doesn't like
> that.
I am being to wonder if vino really works! 
Why is there no doc or man page?
 
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resolution using realvnc native X Support, see vino thread.

--- Lee Parmeter <leejpar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Lee Parmeter wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > The Vino package was installed on my installation by
> > > default, but I am unable to connect to the CentOS 4
> > server from a client
> > > machine running Ubuntu Hoary (gnome 2.10). The  is
> > rejected. Tried
> > > vncviewer using hostname:0 per documentation. So, I
> am
> > now wondering what
> > > else needs to be done to enable remote connects to
> > succeed. I did
> > > configure the "remote desktop" settings per
> discussion
> > in the thread.
> > 
> > Check the usual suspects?  Is your firewall configured
> > correctly?  Is vino
> > actually listening (netstat)?
> 
> No firewall. The viewer even fails when run on the server
> as:  vncviewer localhost:0
> 
> Since I am on a trusted network, I added an ALL statement
> ot hosts.allow for my client machine's ip.
> 
> > 
> > I don't know vino specifically, does it leverage the
> VNC
> > X module?
> 
> Yes, I think that's what is needed. Some statements are
> required in the xorg.conf file to enable vnc support. I
> ran
> across some info in this area on the Ubuntu forums.
> 
> > > I would just use the standard Xvnc and hostname:1,
> > which is
> > > working, but when I login via vncviewer I am unable
> to
> > do any root
> > > configuration via gnome.
> > 
> > I can't say I've seen this issue.  Do you have a Gnome
> > session open on the
> > console at the same time? 
> 
> Not always, generally the user is logged out of the
> server.
> 
>  I know Gnome doesn't like
> > that.
> 
> I am being to wonder if vino really works! 
> Why is there no doc or man page?
>  
> > -- 
> > William Hooper
> > 
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> 
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> Linux Registered User #337161 
> 
> 'It's free. It works. Duh.'" - Eric Harrison
> 
> The United States is NOT a democracy, it was founded as a
> Republic!
> 
> God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His
> government a democracy! - Lee Parmeter
> 
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