vncserver not starting today

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/23/14 01:02, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> OK.  New day, new testing.  I can get IPv4 setup quickly and routing right.  Yeah me (with a little help from my friends I got by)!
>
> So I go to start vncserver where I was up to yesterday where I got the display wrong and get:
>
> # systemctl start vncserver@:3.service
> Job for vncserver@:3.service failed. See 'systemctl status vncserver@:3.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
>
> # systemctl -l status vncserver@:3.service
> vncserver@:3.service - Remote desktop service (VNC)
>    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:3.service; enabled)
>    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2010-01-01 00:28:15 EST; 35s ago
>   Process: 952 ExecStart=/sbin/runuser -l rgm -c /usr/bin/vncserver %i  (code=exited, status=2)
>   Process: 949 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || : (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> Jan 01 00:28:15 cb2.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: vncserver@:3.service: control process exited, code=exited status=2
> Jan 01 00:28:15 cb2.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Remote desktop service (VNC).
> Jan 01 00:28:15 cb2.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: Unit vncserver@:3.service entered failed state.
>
> So now what?  It worked yesterday....
>
> I can't find anything I did yesterday that I am not doing today.
>
>

Do you happen to have a ~/.vnc/*.pid file present?

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