[patch] Re: vncserver error

[Tim Waugh]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:09:56AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:

> vncserver
>   $ vncserver
> 
>   New 'reader.local.net0:1 (reader)' desktop is reader.local.net0:1
> 
>   Starting applications specified in /home/reader/.vnc/xstartup
>   Log file is /home/reader/.vnc/reader.local.net0:1.log
> 
> So all seems well.  I didn't apply the patch.
> 
> One thing still seems sort of wrong though.
> cat /etc/sysconfig/vncservers:
>    [...]
>    # VNCSERVERS="2:myusername"
>    VNCSERVERS="2:reader"
>    # VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600"
> 
> Shouldn't that server have started on :2 display?
> I expected :1 to be open because of this setting in
> /etc/sysconfig/vncservers 

When you run "vncserver", you will get the behaviour you observe.  If
instead you enable the "vncserver" service, i.e.:

  chkconfig vncserver on

then you will see the behaviour you desire.

The patch was for the vncserver service -- sorry, I'd misread that you
weren't using it.

Tim.
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