kimsufi :prob starting vncserver with non-root user on fedore 9

[KFlint]

Hi,

anyone had problem starting up vncserver with a non-root user on a kimsufi box? I'm running on Fedora 9

Everything is running just fine with root..i just disabled selinux to see if it would fix the problem and it didn't

any idea?

thx!

[lysine]

what kind of error do you get when trying to run it?

[KFlint]

from the vnc logs :

xsetroot: unable to open display 'ksXXXXXX.kimsufi.com:6'
vncconfig: unable to open display "ksXXXXXX.kimsufi.com:6"
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: ksXXXXXX.kimsufi.com:6
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display ksXXXXXX.kimsufi.com:6
xrdb: Connection refused
xrdb: Can't open display 'ksXXXXXX.kimsufi.com:6'
mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied

(xfce4-session:4751): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: ksXXXXXX.kimsufi.com:6
SSH_AGENT_PID not set, cannot kill agent

Fatal server error:
Could not create lock file in /tmp/.tX6-lock

X cannot be started, no matter what port i choose, it always says x server is already running

as i said, with root, no problem

[lysine]

try rebooting and running it as the regular user.

from the error, it seems like the one you opened under root is still running, and the non-privileged account can't connect to it.

make sure you start the vnc server by using:

vncserver :1

if you need to kill it, use:
vncserver -kill :1

if you're going to run a vnc server for user bubbles, start it using vncserver :1 and if you're going to run another vnc server for user hulahoop at the same time, use vncserver :2

hopefully that makes some sense, I'm tired and it's late.

[KFlint]

thx for the suggesion, i did a reboot but i think i started vnc as a root again

i did kill it though, maybe it gets stuck or something like that

gonna reboot tomorrow and try to launch it only from the user account