I just tried to install VNC in KDE. when I rebooted it didn't go to my Xwindow (if that is the right term) but simply a blank screen prompting me to log on. How do I get my machine working again?
tm
I just tried to install VNC in KDE. when I rebooted it didn't go to my Xwindow (if that is the right term) but simply a blank screen prompting me to log on. How do I get my machine working again?
tm
Great HowTo!!! Thanks a lot!!!
- Andreas
I too have the "gray screen" on AMD64 problem. I've traced this problem down a bit. It's caused by
1) I don't start a GUI on display :0. (It's a headless server in a closet. No point in wasting a couple hundred MB in pointless footprint.)
2) Xvnc starts no window manager.
So, although KDE is an XDMCP server, it's not running and isn't started by the xinetd->Xvnc chain.
Resolution: Use vnc4server, which not only can start Xvnc, but can *also* start your window manager et al. Modify the /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc file to read as:
service Xvnc
{
type = UNLISTED
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/bin/vnc4server
server_args = :1 -geometry 1280x768 -depth 16 -query localhost -inetd -o
nce -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/X1
1/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/ -DisconnectCli
ents=0 -AlwaysShared -IdleTimeout=0 passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd
port = 5901
}
What's changed is the name of the server. The arguments have also been sorted to suit the syntax of vnc4server.
I am running Kubuntu Dapper.
I had TightVNC installed so I uninstalled it and the other VNC stuff. I installed everything just as you said in the WIKI. It worked just as stated. I got the sign-in screen just as I wanted. I had the monitor running on the server computer and got a log-in window there too. I ended up running 2 sessions simultaneously ... one on the client and one on the server computer.
I got a lot of error messages from kate so I went to nano and wrote the configuration files.
GREAT WIKI!!!! It worked. That's all I can say.
Earl
Last edited by deserthowler; April 15th, 2007 at 06:38 AM. Reason: more details: I am running on a PII 400 with 1 GB memory and an old S3 card. My client is a Sun U30 running Debian Etch.
I managed to get the VNC part going well thanks.1) I don't start a GUI on display :0. (It's a headless server in a closet. No point in wasting a couple hundred MB in pointless footprint.)
I was wondering how you achieve 1) above?
Thanks
I did that but now it getResolution: Use vnc4server, which not only can start Xvnc, but can *also* start your window manager et al. Modify the /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc file to read as:
service Xvnc
{
type = UNLISTED
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/bin/vnc4server
server_args = :1 -geometry 1280x768 -depth 16 -query localhost -inetd -o
nce -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/X1
1/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/ -DisconnectCli
ents=0 -AlwaysShared -IdleTimeout=0 passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd
port = 5901
}
any ideas?main: unable to connect to host: Connection refused (111)
also how would I make it so that multiple users can each have their own session open at the same time?
ps I have followed this but that should not affest this I don't think
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.html
Last edited by borahshadow; May 20th, 2007 at 02:05 AM.
Hai
Tried installing ...bu the package is looking for xserver-common..which version will be compatible...or is there a workaround??
Unpacking replacement vnc4server ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vnc4server:
vnc4server depends on xserver-common; however:
Package xserver-common is not installed.
that is the message I got...
Regards
Kumar
Hai
Evrything is fine....i am getting a log in screen with the command ::
vncviewer localhost:1
but it is not accepting root and the password I had set earlier..I am yet to test it with a dyndns name I have..
Any help??
Hai
I have finished installing vnc and I am able to get a log in screen when I tested it with local host...but it is not accepting the user name password combination I supplied...I have reset the pwd a number of times...still the same problem is there...also I tried logging in from a remote location thru vnc using a dyndns account i get the following words "RFB 003.008"
Any help??
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