vnc on fc5 issues

[David G. Miller]

tom poe <tompoe at fngi.net> wrote:

>  which Xvnc
> /usr/bin/Xvnc
>
> So,
> $ /usr/bin/Xvnc
>
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
>          If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>          and start again.
>
> I'm not familiar with using vnc.  Can someone explain how it's installed 
> in FC5 and how I can connect ./vnc2swf.py with localhost:5900 ?  Any 
> help appreciated.
> Tom
vncserver for starting the server and vncviewer for starting the client 
provide a much more friendly UI.  Check the man pages for both commands 
for all the gory details but something like:

vncserver -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 24

and

vncviewer -geometry 1280x1024 -FullColor MyVNCbox:1

Work to start the server and then access it from a remote system.  If 
you want your full, pretty desktop to be available, you'll need to edit 
~/.vnc/xstartup to look something like:

#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
# xsetroot -solid grey
# vncconfig -iconic &
# xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
gnome-session

VNC uses port 590x (where x is the desktop number)  In the above example 
it would be 1 so you'd need to open port 5901 if there's a firewall 
between the server and the client.

Cheers,
Dave

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