problem with vncserver on fc3

[Joshua Andrews]

Basil Copeland wrote:

>I have vncserver running on fc3 opening a Xfce4
>session, after a fashion.  What is not working right
>is it loading automatically at startup.  vncserver is
>checked in the system-config-services applet.  But at
>startup, it fails with the message
>
>vnc server is already runing as :1
>
>I get that message with /etc/sysconfig/vncservers
>loading
>
>VNCSERVERS="1:root"
>
>If I comment this out, there is no "FAILED" notice
>starting vncserver at startup, but Xvnc doesn't
>actually start.
>
>In either case, once started up, and logged in as
>root, I can run "vncserver" and starts a vnc session
>for root, and I can remotely log in with an Xfce4
>desktop.
>
>So what is causing vncserver to think it is already
>running as :1?
>
>I'm sure I messed up a configuration file somewhere
>along the line getting to this point.  But I cannot
>figure out which, or how to fix this problem.
>
>TIA.
>
>  
>
Sounds like an old lock on :1.
Have you tried `vncserver -kill :1`