I'm unfamiliar with the exact behavior of vnc in RH8.0. I tend to use VNC I've compiled and installed myself, as such I frequently encounter the problem your running into. My ~/.vnc/xstartup file generally executes "twm &" or "gnome-session &". If you don't do this you won't get a window manager, like you pointed out.
As to why it works for root and a not a user I'm not sure. Do they both have ~/.xinitrc files in their home directory? You might want to look at /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and see if it looks in the users home directory. -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Hubbard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help with RH 8.0 and VNC n RH 8.0, VNC server appears to have a permission problem. If VNC server is ran as root, It connects, giving one control of the desktop. If VNC server is ran under a user account it will connect, but it only displays a gray screen and a cursor. I have searched Google and the RH site. I did not find an answer. The VNC FAQ says the windows manager for VNC is not being started. This is shown in the VNC logs. The user session does not start a windows manager for VNC, but the root session starts .ICE-unix/18455. (from the user session) 17/12/02 21:26:07 Xvnc version 3.3.3r2+tight1.2.2 17/12/02 21:26:07 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. 17/12/02 21:26:07 All Rights Reserved. 17/12/02 21:26:07 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on VNC 17/12/02 21:26:07 Desktop name 'X' (localhost:2) 17/12/02 21:26:07 Protocol version supported 3.3 17/12/02 21:26:07 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902 17/12/02 21:26:07 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5802 17/12/02 21:26:07 URL http://localhost:5802 gnome-session: you're already running a session manager 17/12/02 21:26:28 Got connection from client 192.168.200.35 17/12/02 21:26:28 Protocol version 3.5 (from root session) 17/12/02 21:21:06 Xvnc version 3.3.3r2+tight1.2.2 17/12/02 21:21:06 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. 17/12/02 21:21:06 All Rights Reserved. 17/12/02 21:21:06 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on VNC 17/12/02 21:21:06 Desktop name 'X' (localhost:2) 17/12/02 21:21:06 Protocol version supported 3.3 17/12/02 21:21:06 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902 17/12/02 21:21:06 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5802 17/12/02 21:21:06 URL http://localhost:5802 SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost:/tmp/.ICE-unix/18455 Loaded background '0x8095920 AUDIT: Tue Dec 17 21:21:12 2002: 18451 Xvnc: client 3 rejected from local host Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":2.0". 17/12/02 21:22:26 Got connection from client 192.168.200.35 17/12/02 21:22:26 Protocol version 3.5 The startup script is the same in root and user. In RH 8.0 this is: .vnc/xstartup exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc The symptoms are the same when connecting from Mandrake or Win98. I'm getting lost at this point. Thanks in advance for any help. -- Jerry Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
