[F8] Setting up VNC

[John Summerfield]

Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote
>> Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>> [snip!]
>>> Does anyone have any recommendations as to the proper way
>>> to set up VNC servers for F8?
>> 1. stick to realvnc. tightvnc collapses when switching to/from 
>> fullscreen (several distros) (I forget which direction).
>> 2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to taste. The 2 in 
>> VNCSERVERARGS[2] is 
>> the screen number (2) in VNCSERVERS="2:myusername"
>>
>> More generally, to find configuration files
>>  rpm -qc <package>
>> and documentation
>>  rpm -qd <package>
>> and for more rpm magic
>>  rpm -qd rpm
>>
> 
> Gah! ;)
> 
> My /etc/sysconfig/vncserver file:
> 
> VNCSERVERS="2:dant"
> VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 1024x768 -depth 24"
> 
> 
> This is the errors I am seeing in my log file:
> ==============================================
> 
> Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.2
> Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
> See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
> Underlying X server release 10300000, The X.Org Foundation
> 
> 
> Wed Dec 12 16:32:28 2007
>  vncext:      VNC extension running!
>  vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5902
>  vncext:      Listening for HTTP connections on port 5802
>  vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> No profile for user 'dant' found
> ===== BEGIN MILESTONES (/usr/sbin/sabayon-apply) =====
> MainThread 2007/12/12 16:32:37.5745 (sabayon-apply): Fatal exception!  Exiting abnormally.
> MainThread 2007/12/12 16:32:37.5761 (sabayon-apply): Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/sabayon-apply", line 99, in <module>
>     sys.exit (util.EXIT_CODE_FATAL)
> SystemExit: 1
> 
> ===== END MILESTONES (/usr/sbin/sabayon-apply) =====
> ===== BEGIN RING BUFFER (/usr/sbin/sabayon-apply) =====
> MainThread 2007/12/12 16:32:37.5745 (sabayon-apply): Fatal exception!  Exiting abnormally.
> MainThread 2007/12/12 16:32:37.5761 (sabayon-apply): Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/sabayon-apply", line 99, in <module>
>     sys.exit (util.EXIT_CODE_FATAL)
> SystemExit: 1
> 
> ===== END RING BUFFER (/usr/sbin/sabayon-apply) =====
> 
> 
> This configuration for the debug log can be re-created
> by putting the following in ~/sabayon-debug-log.conf
> (use ';' to separate domain names):
> 
> [debug log]
> max lines = 1000
> SESSION_MANAGER=local/unix:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/4471,unix/unix:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4471
> 
> 
> Tracker version 0.6.3 Copyright (c) 2005-2007 by Jamie McCracken (jamiemcc at gnome.org)
> 
> This program is free software and comes without any warranty.
> It is licensed under version 2 or later of the General Public License which can be viewed at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
> 
> Initialising tracker...
> 
> ** (trackerd:4515): WARNING **: Tracker daemon is already running - exiting
> Failure: Module initalization failed
> GSynaptics couldn't initialize.
> You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in Xorg.conf or XFree86.conf to use GSynaptics
> mail-notification-Message: Mail Notification is already running
> Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
> Initializing nautilus-image-converter extension
> Initializing nautilus-flac-converter extension
> seahorse nautilus module initialized
> 
> ** (nm-applet:4529): WARNING **: <WARN>  applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken.  Return: 3
> 
> 
> (nm-applet:4529): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_hash_table_destroy: assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed
> 
> (nm-applet:4529): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
> 
> (nm-applet:4529): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
> Initializing nautilus-search-tool extension
> 
> Gdk-ERROR **: The program 'xulrunner-bin' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
>   (Details: serial 34 error_code 3 request_code 20 minor_code 0)
>   (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>    that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>    To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>    option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>    backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
> aborting...
> 
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition. 
> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1181 - Release Date: 12/11/2007 5:05 PM
>  
> 
This is mine.
[summer at potoroo ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/vncservers | grep ^V
VNCSERVERS="66:root 3:summer"
VNCSERVERARGS[3]="-geometry 1280x1024"
VNCSERVERARGS[66]="-geometry 1280x1024"
[summer at potoroo ~]$

It works fine, I've done quite a bit logged in (from an SL5 system) as 
root (using KDE), and I've just verified that logging in as summer(twm) 
works.


To try with KDE:
[root at potoroo ~]# cat .vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh

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

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
exec startkde
twm &
[root at potoroo ~]#


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Cheers
John

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