Cannot load desktop

[Tony Leding]

Hello VNC gurus...

I had VNC working fine this morning and has been working fine for several weeks.  Then, at about 10am, one of the apps I was accessing hung and it also hung the VNC session.  I closed out and tried to reconnect - no dice.  I then shut down the server and restarted - no dice.

What happens is that the vncserver command completes just like normal and then I attempt a VNC session, I only get a dark blue wallpaper with no icon bar and no desktop.  This appears to be the same dark blue screen that I get when the VNC is starting but before it has completed - almost as if the X-server is hanging somewhere.

Nothing was changed on this server at all - seriously - nothing.

This server is a Cisco 7925 (IBM) running RHEL-4.  I have also tried rebooting but no joy.

Here is the ~/.vnc/xstartup file:

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#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
 unset SESSION_MANAGER
 exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
startx &
#twm &

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Here is the log file:

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[19:52:02 root] > more  cst-fanfare-srv1:1.log

Xvnc version 4.0 - built Nov 24 2004 16:08:56
Underlying X server release 60801000, The X.Org Foundation


Fri Aug  8 19:46:30 2008
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
 vncext:      Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
SESSION_MANAGER=local/cst-fanfare-srv1:/tmp/.ICE-unix/22097
AUDIT: Fri Aug  8 19:46:34 2008: 22067 Xvnc: client 4 rejected from local host
Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.

** (gnome-panel:22165): WARNING **: Unable to load panel stock icon 'gnome-debian'


** (gnome-panel:22165): WARNING **: Unable to load panel stock icon 'gnome-suse'


Fri Aug  8 19:47:23 2008
 Connections: accepted: 171.70.223.114::52154
 SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
 SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)
 VNCSConnST:  Server default pixel format depth 16 (16bpp) little-endian rgb565
 VNCSConnST:  Client pixel format depth 16 (16bpp) little-endian rgb565


Thanks.

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