On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 10:23:18PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Been looking through the archives but can't find an answer to this. > > I'm using Debian stable and just installed vncserver. However, when I > try to start it I get the following error: > ~/.vnc: No such file or directory > Of course, there is such a directory, although there is nothing in it. > What's the solution?
Ok well this seems like a simple problem. What command are you using to run the server? I believe the correct command is: vncserver Are you sure that ~/.vnc exists and has proper permissions? What is the output of: ls -ld ~/.vnc on my system it gives: drwxr-xr-x 2 bijan bijan 4096 Jan 3 01:27 /home/bijan/.vnc It might also be that the environment variable HOME does not agree with what is stored in the system (usually in /etc/passwd) and vncserver is checking the wrong one. If this is the case and HOME is correct but /etc/passwd is wrong, then I personally think that this is a bug in the vncserver program. I think that programs should use HOME, because the user always knows best. This shouldn't be a problem but the first time you run vncserver it should run vncpasswd to create ~/.vnc/passwd, you might want to try running it manually. If none of the above fixes the problem then you may have found a bug in the vncserver package. You should check the bug tracking system to see if someone has reported a similar bug and if not you should report it. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com
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