Setting up VNC

[parody]

I followed the steps at http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/VNC and I am able to start the VNC server, be able to access it on another computer and automatically log in. But when the computer restarts (headless or with monitor and keyboard) it would not start the VNC server, on the boot screen it comes up with

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Starting VNC server: no displays configured [FAILED]

I don't know if it would help but these other services fail

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Starting openvpn: [FAILED] Starting httpd: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName [OK]

I have the server automatically logging into the 'server' user and I only ever have started the VNC server in this account (not root). Here's my /home/server/.vnc/xstartup

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#!/bin/sh vncconfig -iconic & unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS OS=`uname -s` if [ $OS = 'Linux' ]; then case "$WINDOWMANAGER" in *gnome*) if [ -e /etc/SuSE-release ]; then PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome/bin export PATH fi ;; esac fi if [ -x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]; then exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc fi if [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]; then exec sh /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc fi [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & twm &

When I type in "[server@hda ~]$ vncserver -geometry 1440x900" it starts normally and the /home/server/hda:1.log contains

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Xvnc TigerVNC 1.0.0 - built Oct 26 2009 10:58:46 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd. Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Constantin Kaplinsky Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Peter Astrand for Cendio AB See http://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC. Underlying X server release 10603901, Fri Jan 1 19:42:47 2010 vncext: VNC extension running! vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901 vncext: created VNC server for screen 0 GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-vlauki/socket SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-vlauki/socket.ssh ** (gnome-settings-daemon:2639): WARNING **: XKB extension not available ** (gnome-settings-daemon:2639): WARNING **: Neither XKeyboard not Xfree86's keyboard extensions are available, no way to support keyboard autorepeat rate settings xmodmap: unable to open file '/usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us' for reading xmodmap: 1 error encountered, aborting. Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/server/.config/metacity/sessions/10e2a67e484d0093ac126234617247791400000025660027.ms: Failed to open file '/home/server/.config/metacity/sessions/10e2a67e484d0093ac126234617247791400000025660027.ms': No such file or directory xmodmap: unable to open file '/usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us' for reading Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension. xmodmap: 1 error encountered, aborting. (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2677): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError' (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2677): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed ** (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2677): WARNING **: Unable to register authentication agent: Remote Exception invoking org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority at name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for session Cannot register authentication agent: Remote Exception invoking org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority at name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for session Failed to play sound: File or data not found Failure: Module initalization failed handle_message(member:'NameAcquired') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":1.0". handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') Argument is not int! Message has no arguments! ** (nm-applet:2693): WARNING **: <WARN> request_name(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken. Return: 3 handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') Initializing nautilus-gdu extension handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged') handle_message(member:'NameOwnerChanged')

[cpg]

hmm .... when you start it by hand, it starts it as a user, so it's configured already.

i think there is the need to install at the system-level.

i am not familiar how to do that, others may know - though the wiki should have it, as many people used it - are you sure you did not skip a step acceidentally?

[andy1878]

Does your file /etc/sysconfig/vncservers contain the start up code?

Example

VNCSERVERS="2:myusername"
VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd -localhost"

The switches are optional, this is the example code from /etc/sysconfig/vncservers


Also as myusername you need

# vncpasswd

this webpage helped me alot first time I tried
http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/confi ... in-fedora/

TigerVNC seems easier to setup than TightVNC, but that might be practice on my part!

HTH

andy1878