NaQ's Complete Setup Guide for Linux Seedboxes (Fedora Core/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu)

[kross]

It's /etc/init.d/ssh, no d at the end.

[puckface]

It's /etc/init.d/ssh, no d at the end.

cool, maybe a fix for that in the guide then for debian.

youre the helpful one arent you? Any ideas on the firestarter error?

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

[kross]

Did you proceed as described into this guide?
(Did you add your normal account into sudo config file with sudo?
Did you try to run firestarter with sudo (sudo firestarter) in terminal you launched in VNC?)

Puck, if you did that, then try to change the value for Defaults via visudo:
Defaults env_reset
becomes
Defaults env_keep=DISPLAY

Another thing: open a terminal into the remote desktop and type echo $DISPLAY.
Then, in the same terminal, log in as root and type:
DISPLAY=XYZ firestarter
XYZ is what "echo $DISPLAY" prompted to you.
(root can write on any X window screen)

Edit: You can also try that:
Defaults:user !env_reset
However, it's my solution, so I won't guarrantee it will work.

[riparide]

I juet get a problem starting firefox.
Here is the error message:

Error: Cairo does not yet support the requested image format:
Depth: 8
Alpha mask: 0x00000000
Red mask: 0x00000007
Green mask: 0x00000038
Blue mask: 0x000000c0
Please file an enhacement request (quoting the above) at:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=cairo
firefox-bin: /build/buildd/libcairo-1.2.4/src/cairo-image-surface.c:155: _cairo_format_from_pixman_format: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.
Aborted


any ideas?

[riparide]

Just and update.
I did reinstall the OS with CentOS 5 and now everything works ok, including firefox.
Thanks NAQ and all supporters.

Im now just trying to install ProFTPd instead of VSftpd... will keep update.

[colin12345]

Hi. I wonder if anyone can help me. I'm pretty new to Linux. I've just got an OVH dedicated server with Debian Etch. I've followed NaQ's very useful tutorial and have managed to install Utorrent and it's working fine (GUI too).
However, I'm having no luck opening Firefox from Fluxbox. I've got Firefox on the menu but when I click to open it, the window flashes for a second and then disappears (almost as if it's opening in the background). I've tried a reboot but it doesn't change anything.
I'd be really grateful if anyone can give me a hand.
Thanks :-)

[dance4]

vncserver (vnc4server,tightvnc) -depth 24

[colin12345]

dance4 - thanks sooooo much! Does that make it open permanently at that resolution?
Also, is it possible to open Firefox rather than Iceweasel?
Again, thanks a bunch! :-)

[dance4]

Does that make it open permanently at that resolution?

yes

Also, is it possible to open Firefox rather than Iceweasel?

yes

[colin12345]

Cheers. Thanks for the swift replies :-) I was really getting desperate over the Firefox prob.

Sorry to trouble you again. I followed some advice about making Firefox the default instead of Iceweasel by entering the following command:

ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Now when I select Firefox from the menu, nothing happens :-(
Is there a way to undo the command?