[vox-tech] vncserver as user

[Rod Roark]

OK... see if directory /tmp/.X11-unix exists and that you=20
can write to it.  If it already contains a socket file, make
sure you have permissions to overwrite it.

Also make sure hostname "optimus" resolves to the desired IP=20
address (i.e. is in /etc/hosts).

-- Rod
   http://www.sunsetsystems.com/

On Saturday 03 August 2002 08:50 am, David Margolis wrote:
> command line: vncserver -geometry 800x600 -depth 16
> ~/.vnc/xstartup: /usr/local/bin/wmaker (but i've tried several combos
> including various adaptions of the default twm version)
>
> dave
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Rod Roark wrote:
> > What's on your vncserver command line?
> >
> > What's in ~/.vnc/xstartup and in whatever it invokes?
> >
> > -- Rod
> >    http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
> >
> > On Friday 02 August 2002 09:26 pm, David Margolis wrote:
> > > hello,
> > > i can run vncserver as root no problem.  i'm missing some
> > > permission/xauth detail somewhere as i can't run the server as a us=
er
> > > (which seems like a better idea than running as root...
> > >
> > > anyway, i know there are some people here with vnc experience so it=
's
> > > probabaly an easy one.
> > >
> > > here's the (hopefully) relavent line from my log file:
> > >
> > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 105
> > > /usr/local/bin/wmaker fatal error: could not open display "optimus:=
1"
> > >
> > > searching google for various parts of these errors hasn't helped ex=
cept
> > > to tell me that people who speak other languages have seen it and t=
hat
> > > people who post to random forums never get responded to :>
> > >
> > > note: i can run x directly on this box as the user in question
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > davem