Re: VNC problems
Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, David Fox wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Justin Piszcz
>> <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It should be executable AFAIK, what does the log say?
>>>
>>> $ cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
>> xsetroot -solid grey
>> xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP desktop" &
>> exec startkde
>>
>>> $ cat ~/.vnc/*log
>>
>> 27/12/08 15:13:17 Got connection from client 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:17 Using protocol version 3.8
>> 27/12/08 15:13:17 Enabling TightVNC protocol extensions
>> 27/12/08 15:13:21 Full-control authentication passed by 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Pixel format for client 198.144.195.188:
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8
>> b 0
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 no translation needed
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Using tight encoding for client 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Using compression level 1 for client 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Using image quality level 6 for client 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client
>> 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Enabling cursor position updates for client
>> 198.144.195.188
>> 27/12/08 15:13:22 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client
>> 198.144.195.18
>> 8
>> 27/12/08 15:14:14 KbdAddEvent: unknown KeySym 0xffeb - allocating
>> KeyCode 89
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 Client 198.144.195.188 gone
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 Statistics:
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 key events received 14, pointer events 48
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 framebuffer updates 3, rectangles 757, bytes 23760
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 LastRect markers 3, bytes 36
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 cursor shape updates 1, bytes 82
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 cursor position updates 1, bytes 12
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 tight rectangles 752, bytes 23630
>> 27/12/08 15:21:54 raw bytes equivalent 6032676, compression ratio
>> 255.297334
>>
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>
> I use regular VNC, not tight VNC; however, you may want to try isolating
> the window manager, use twm (install it first if you don't have it,
> comment out exec startkde) and replace it with:
>
> In xstartup, comment out:
> #exec startkde
>
> Add:
> /usr/bin/twm &
>
> Then start a new vnc session, still a black screen?
>
> vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x768
>
>
Yes, just get an xterm first without any window manager at all. This
should give you gray patterned background and an xterm window. Once you
get that, you can try starting the window manager by giving the relevant
command in that xterm window.
Good luck.
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