On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 01:30 -0500, William Case wrote: > Thanks Ed; > > On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 13:04 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > William Case wrote: > > > > > > > My frustration level is getting too high for now. A good drink and a > > > sleep and I'll try again in the morning. > > > > > But.... I now know what is most likely causing your problem.... > > > > Your user "bill" probably doesn't have a ~/.vnc directory with the > > requisite files, passwd and xstartup. > > > > So, before you can start up a service for this user you'll need to start > > the server as the user and complete the prompts for "password" > > > > So.... > > > > 1. Login as bill > > 2. Enter "vncserver" > > 3. Follow the prompts > > 4. Stop the server with "vncserver -kill :X" where X= the number > > presented to you in the line similar to this... > > > > New 'f12.greshko.com:1 (gnomer)' desktop is f12.greshko.com:1 (My X > > would be 1) > > > > 5. Now you can go ahead and configure the vncserver service. > > > > Followed your instructions and it worked like a charm. I can handle the > rest. Thanks. > > I was just suffering from the biggest irony of computer use. Too much > information and none dealing with the very first simplest steps that > 'everyone' should know. I was trying to get the vnc service started > first when all along the vncservice command would have started it for > me. > > I'll spend the weekend figuring out why it worked i.e. what the various > scripts and files in vncservice were doing. > > -- > Regards Bill > Fedora 12, Gnome 2.28 > Evo.2.28, Emacs 23.1.1 > Mine is also working now. Thanks. -- ======================================================================= Without facts, the decision cannot be made logically. You must rely on your human intuition. -- Spock, "Assignment: Earth", stardate unknown ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines