I followed your instructions and tried from a machine within the local
network with the same failed to connect to server message. I also
had shut the firewall completely off.
> Gene
Lapointe" <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In my xstartup file, i also had this line
>> >
> [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup.
>> > >
>>
>> > My xstartup may have
been carried forward from a previous release.
>> > Seems to
work fine though. The main thing is to comment out the
>> >
xsetroot, vncconfig, and xterm entries. These won't affect just
>> getting
>> > things working but the default is
minimal.
>> >
>>
>> Ok, we're getting
somewhere. /etc/vnc/xstartup doesn't exist.
>>
> If
/etc/vnc/xstartup doesn't exist, [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] &&
exec
> /etc/vnc/xstartup will fail and vnc won't work. Try
converting your
> .vnc/xstartup to use exec
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. I've included my
> .vnc/xstartup below if
you just want to drop a copy into ~/.vnc on one
> of your systems
to see if it works for you.
>>> > You might want to check
that /etc/vnc/xstartup exists and is
>>> executable
>>> > by your VNC user (none of my systems with vnc-server
installed have
>>> that
>>> > file). If
not, try using the relevant portion of the .vnc/xstartup I
>>> > provided instead.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Dave
>
~/.vnc/xstartup:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> #
Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
> unset
SESSION_MANAGER
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
>
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> #
xsetroot -solid grey
> # vncconfig -iconic &
> # xterm
-geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
> gnome-session
>
>
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