Different Hosts in different locations, behaving differently...

[James Weatherall]

Ray,

The thing to do is examine the log files for the desktops you're running on
the two systems.  If you find that one machine has problems with the
xstartup apps connecting to the desktop then check the DISPLAY environment
variable.  We've heard of problems in the past both where X apps can't
connect to the X server because they're using the :<display> form of DISPLAY
and the X server isn't listening on Unix-domain connections, and where
they're using the <host>:<display> form of DISPLAY and the X server computer
doesn't know its own name...

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


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> Subject: Different Hosts in different locations, behaving 
> differently...
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> Yep, from subject that shouldn't be too surprising...  but...
> 
> I am told (by sysadmins) the hosts are configured the same...
> 
> Both are Sun Solaris v880 boxes:
> $ uname -a
> SunOS e08k230 5.8 Generic_117350-28 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880
> 
> Both are using same xstartup file:
> $ more xstartup
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> xsetroot -solid grey
> vncconfig -iconic &
> #xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/X/bin
> export PATH
> /usr/dt/bin/Xsession
> vncnote
> kill `cat ${vncpidfile}`
> 
> One box, of course, all is well... the other, the VNC server 
> starts, but
> when I connect the viewer, the screen is grey, but in the 
> upper left corner,
> i see what looks like the cpu/disk monitor is displayed... 
> that is all.
> 
> I have run out of things to compare.  I pointed all this out 
> to the admin,
> but they still claim the boxes are the same...   but this seems to
> tell me something
> is different...
> 
> >From the 'bad' host, I am able to successfully export the 
> Xsession window,
> so it does not appear to be a display issue at all.
> 
> Anyone have ideas?
> 
> Thanks!!!
> Ray
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