nightmare with Xvnc :p

["Beerse, Corné"]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. M [mailto:city_gal79 "at" HOTMAIL.COM]
> hey guys....i e-mailed couple of times about Xvnc and thank u for the 
> help...to say the truth im a new user of solaris so plz bare 
> with me...im 
> trying to install the vnc server on solaris 2.5 so i can 
> connect to it...the 
> problem again is i can use the vnc viewer but my purpose is 
> to install the 
> server when i type vncserver it says no command found i guess becuase 
> solaris has no perl on it...the other way is typing Xvnc this 
> way.. it says:
>   _XSERVTransSocketINTECreateListiner:...SockerCreatListenier() failed
>   _XSERVTransMakeALLCOTSSeverListeners:server already running
> 
> Fatal server error:
>   Cannot establish any listening sockets-make sure an X 
> server isn't already 
> running....

It's the X11 windows side that fails to start. You mention to start Xvnc. Do
you specify a display? The default is :0 which is occupied by the X (Xsun?)
application at your console. Try `Xvnc :4`.

If this `Xvnc :4` still fails with the same error, just alter the numbers to
find one. If the error alters, it's most likely because Xvnc cannot create a
socket. It specifies a directory in which it tries to create a file. This
directory must have read, write and execute richts for you. (drwxrwxrwx will
do). Solaris is known to have this security to tight for vnc.


> 
> can anyone plzzzz tell me what am i doing wrong?...do i have 
> to type some  commands or something....thaaank you
> 
To use the vncserver script, perl (5.x) is required. But, the script is not
required. Most of the script is the creation of the user's vnc settings in
the ~/.vnc/ directory. You can do that manually. The remainder of the script
is a call to `Xvnc` and a call to a startup script in ~/.vnc/. You can
create a script for that.

If you're realy fresh on unix, have your sysadmin setup vnc as on this page:
http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp. 




CBee