Re: VNC problem

[Marcus Lively <marcus livelynet com>]

Marcus Lively wrote:

> John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 31 July 2005 06:42 pm, Marcus Lively wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Have you tried to start the server using #vncserver :1 ?
> > > You should be able to kill the other using #vncserver -kill :2
> > >
> > >   
> >
> > Well, I tried that, and it says "A Vncserver is already running as 
> > :1" or some such verbiage... *sigh* Somewhere there's a lock file or 
> > something...  I just can't find it. As I said, I looked in the usual 
> > spots... no luck.
> >     Thanks
> >     John
> >
> >  
> What happens if you try #vncserver -kill :1 and then restart it.
Jim may have been on the right lines, just started vncserver myself and 
found a hidden .X1-lock under /tmp perhaps this is the one.