vncserver not starting today

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 22 Jul 2014 at 13:02, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

Date sent:      	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:02:02 -0400
From:           	Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
To:             	Community support for Fedora users 
<users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject:        	vncserver not starting today
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> 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....
> 

Check if there is a /tmp/.X11-unix/X3 file.
It is suppose to be removed with a normal shutdown, but sometimes isn't and 
causes the vnc not to start. I used a cron.hourly script that would check if vnc 
serve running, and if not, it would remove the file, and then use systemctl to 
restart the service.


> I can't find anything I did yesterday that I am not doing today.
> 
> 
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