VNC display issues.

[James Weatherall]

Hi Kuma,

In that case, you probably want to check the permissions on
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to see why permission is denied, once you have
verified that that error message is coming from Gnome by running
gnome-session manually.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kuma Pageworks [mailto:touch.the.monolith "at" gmail.com] 
> Sent: 09 February 2007 12:04
> To: James Weatherall
> Subject: Re: VNC display issues.
> 
> I checked the log file - the error that I'm getting is
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: Permission denied.  I did sudo vncserver and
> got the same message.
> 
> On 2/9/07, James Weatherall <jnw "at" realvnc.com> wrote:
> > Kuma,
> >
> > This means that your gnome session is not actually running. 
>  You should see
> > error messages in the VNC server's log file from Gnome 
> explaining why it's
> > unable to run (assuming that it's actually running at all...)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Kuma Pageworks
> > > Sent: 09 February 2007 07:28
> > > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > > Subject: VNC display issues.
> > >
> > > I have VNC running on Ubuntu 6.10, and have updated my 
> xstartup to run
> > > Gnome when establishing a session.  However, when I log 
> in with VNC,
> > > all I get is an X cursor and a waffle-weave background.  
> No amount of
> > > changing or auto-selecting color or geometry helps.
> > >
> > > The connection is good, since I can log in, and the .log 
> file shows
> > > activity - but I have no display whatsoever.
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