[LBo] VNC Issue (Windows Manager already starts) (Emen Zhao)

[Emen Zhao]

I first saw the issue with a long-running instance, but then new instances
created by the same user all have the same issue.

I tried to add a new user and start a new vnc instance as the new user, the
vnc works well. So I guessing the problem is caused by some config files of
gnome in user's home directory. I copied the folder ".gnome2" from new
user's home directory to the home directory of the user who is suffering.
Voila! The problem is gone!

Thanks!
--Emen



On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Collin <cdl at rc5.us> wrote:

> > I'm using RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and have vnc-server-4.0-8.1installed.
> > The vnc server used to work fine, but today, when connecting to it,
>
> When you say "connecting to it", do you mean a long-running instance
> of the server (e.g., you typed "vncserver :18" last week; today you
> said "vncviewer :18")?
>
> When was the last time you connected successfully to this instance of
> the server?
>
> > everything on the desktop is gone, only a xterm window stands there
> alone,
> > right-click menu not working either. Here is the ~/.vnc/xtartup file.
>
> It sounds like a window-manager issue.  "ps xf" and look for
> descendants of "Xvnc" -- any *wm processes?  twm, fvwm, mwm, icewm?
> That would be the window manager.
>
> You are running /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc?  You could replace this line:
>
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
> by this:
>
> sh -x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> sleep 99999999
>
> then kill your vncserver instance on :18 and restart it... then check
> the log.
>
> ...
> > I checked the log of vnc server, it says -
> > "Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":18.0" already has a
> window
> > manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
> > manager."
>
> What is the mtime of the log file (e.g., what does "ls -l /log/file"
> say)?
>
> >
> > This looks more like an issue with windows manager or gnome desktop.
> Anyone
> > out there ran into this before? Any pointer appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Emen
> >
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