On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 09:12:42AM -0500, Jerry Geis
wrote:>
> I am trying to get vncserver working on CentOS 8. Fully updated.
>
> On the console - logged in as a normal user I run:
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
> xhost +
> /usr/bin/x0vncserver -display :0 -rfbport 5901 -passwordfile
> /home/silentm/.vnc/passwd
>
> I get this error:
> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key/usr/bin/x0vncserver: unable to open display
> ":0"
>
> Based on the error I changed the DISPLAY=:0 and tried again - but same
> error.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? I dont really need this to start as a service
> was just trying to start by hand.
Is there an X11 server running, listening on display :0.0? It sounds
like you said you logged in on the console, that sounds like you
aren't running X yet, but are at the text console.
If you want to run vncserver, I suggest using the xvnc at .service
included in the package:
https://git.centos.org/rpms/tigervnc/blob/c8/f/SOURCES/xvnc.service
There are instructions in the comments.
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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>