Can't start 1st video screen

[K.A. Steensma]

Yes, you're right.  I needed to say that if I type 'vncserver', the system
starts the next available screen (or 3rd).  On this machine, it starts
process 2 (not 1).  But if I look in '/root/.vnc' subdirectory, I don't see
any pid's.  Even if I search for all pid's on the machine, there are none
that apply to VNC.  Nor is there an 'Xvnc' process running.
So here's what happened (just now).

1) vncserver is running as :2
2) type vncserver -kill :2
3) the system reports that process ID 13273 was terminated
4) type vncserver -kill :1
5) the system reports with the below noted error
6) type vncserver
7) the system reports that it started :3
8) check for all entries in '/root/.vnc/', I find that there are -
    passwd
    xxxxx.yyyyy.zzz:2.log
    xxxxx.yyyyy.zzz:3.log
    xstartup

da . . . . What am I missing?
Keith

Harmen van der Wal wrote:

> "K.A. Steensma" wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone explain why I am getting this error message?  The 'Xvnc'
> > process is NOT running, but I suspect that something was left behind
> > from a machine re-boot.  I have read and re-read the web site but
> > haven't found the answer.
> >
> > [root "at" xxxxx /root]# vncserver -kill :1
> >
> > Can't find file /root/.vnc/xxxxx.yyyyy.zzz:1.pid
> > You'll have to kill the Xvnc process manually
> >
>
> You say NO process is running. When you try to kill a server anyway, no
> pid file can be found. Makes sense, doesn't it?
>
> So what's the problem? Your Subject says "Can't start 1st video screen".
> What are you trying to do here? Starting or stopping?
>
> --
> Harmen
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