vncserver works when started as user, but not as root.

[kenan.ezal@cox.net]

Hi,

I am able to successfully connect from a client PC (Fedora 9) to the remote machine (Fedora 9) using

$ vncviewer 192.168.101.153:5901

provided I am logged in as as user (not root) and start my vncserver as 

$ vncserver :1

However, I am unable to complete the connection if I start the vncserver while logged in as root:

# /sbin/service vncserver start

I have modified (as root)

/etc/sysconfig/vncservers 

to include:

VNCSERVERS="1:mythtv"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd -localhost"

where mythtv is the user name.

The following output is for the first case ($ vncserver :1):

[root "at" MythTV2 mythtv]# netstat -tulpan | grep vnc
[root "at" MythTV2 mythtv]# netstat -tulpan | grep vnc
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5901                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      3727/Xvnc           
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:6001                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      3727/Xvnc           
tcp        0      0 :::6001                     :::*                        LISTEN      3727/Xvnc           

The following output is for the second case (# /sbin/service vncserver start):

[root "at" MythTV2 mythtv]# netstat -tulpan | grep vnc
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5901              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      3653/Xvnc     

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. Why does it work in one case, but not the other?

My primary goal is to get the vncserver to start automatically at boot time. 

Thank you!