Problem starting vncserver - but only during reboot

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 4 Apr 2012 at 12:48, Lets Go Canes wrote:

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Subject:        	Problem starting vncserver - but only during 
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> Once my Fedora 16 system has finished booting, I can login over a ssh
> session, and as root issue the command "systemctl start
> vncserver@:1.service", and it starts vncserver without any issues.
> 
> However, during boot, vncserver fails to start.
> 
> 
> the service is enabled:
> 
> # systemctl is-enabled vncserver@:1.service
> enabled
> 
> 
> I get the following messages in /var/log/mesages:
> 
> # grep vnc /var/log/messages
> Apr  4 15:35:18 rtpxentst1 systemd[1011]: Failed at step USER spawning
> /usr/bin/vncserver: No such process Apr  4 15:35:18 rtpxentst1
> systemd[1]: vncserver@:1.service: control process exited, code=exited
> status=217 Apr  4 15:35:18 rtpxentst1 systemd[1]: Unit
> vncserver@:1.service entered failed state.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

Did you modify the /lib/systemd/system/vncserver at 1.service file 
to change the <USER> to the id of the user to run the vncserver 
on?

What does 
rpm -qa | grep vnc 
show?

I get 7 lines, with 5 being tiger-vnc packages.


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