detail of my vnc problem

[James Weatherall]

John,

xvncviewer isn't running because you haven't got an X display configured
(the DISPLAY environment variable) for it to open a window on.  It has
nothing to do with the messages in the vnc4server output.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of john znuck
> Sent: 16 February 2007 13:46
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: detail of my vnc problem
> 
> installed vnc4server and xvncviewer. As root, i run vnc4server.  
>   
>  new1:~# vnc4server 
>   
>  New 'new1:1 (root)' desktop is new1:1 
>   
>  Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup 
>  Log file is /root/.vnc/new1:1.log 
>   
>   
>  The log is as follows: 
>   
>  Fri Jan 17 12:37:44 2031 
>   vncext:      VNC extension running! 
>   vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5901 
>   vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi, removing from list! 
>  Could not init font path element 
> /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from 
>   list! 
>  Xlib:  extension "XInputExtension" missing on display ":1.0". 
>  Failed to get list of devices 
>  Xlib:  extension "XInputExtension" missing on display ":1.0". 
>  Failed to get list of devices 
>  QFont::setPointSize: Point size <= 0 (-3) 
>  Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-rootcqziHl" 
>  Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-rootcqziHl" 
>  kdeinit: Shutting down running client. 
>  --------------------------------- 
>  It looks like dcopserver is already running. If you are sure 
>  that it is not already running, remove /root/.DCOPserver_new1__1 
>  and start dcopserver again. 
>  --------------------------------- 
>   
>  WARNING: Waiting for already running klauncher to exit. 
>  Link points to "/tmp/kde-root" 
>  Xlib:  extension "XInputExtension" missing on display ":1.0". 
>   
>  Failed to get list of devices 
>  kbuildsycoca running... 
>   
>   
>   
>  When i run the viewer as non-root, 
>   
>  xhja "at" new1:~$ xvncviewer new1 
>   
>  VNC viewer version 3.3.7 - built Dec 30 2006 12:48:54 
>  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd. 
>  Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. 
>  See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. 
>  Error: Can't open display: 
>   
> 
> And, no surprise here, I get no display.
>  Is the server not working or is it some config somewhere? 
>   
>   
> jz  
>  
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