x11vnc shutting down on Intrepid login

[krunge]

* I run (/usr/bin/x11vnc -localhost -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg)

And I cannot connect to GDM. I logon to the vmware machine via GDM and then rerun the command. I can connect, but when I 'logoff' x11vnc dies.

You will need to run x11vnc as root and also supply the mit-magic-cookie file via -auth option.

I.e. maybe '-auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth', but I am not sure of the exact location on your distro, use 'ps wwwwwaux | grep auth' to find it.

Also add '-display :0'

So try something like that and see what gdm (or X server) does.

I don't see "x11vnc" anywhere in the syslog, xorg log, or gdm log.

There won't be any. We're looking for messages from gdm why it is exiting/crashing.