VNC problem

[Marcus Lively]

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.