Re: Unable to start tightvncserver
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Foss User wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Eric Gerlach egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:07:57AM +0530, Foss User wrote: foss...@squeeze:~$ ps -aef | grep 4847 fossist 4987 3680 0 00:02 pts/3 00:00:00 grep 4847 foss...@squeeze:~$ netstat -na | grep tcp | grep 59 foss...@squeeze:~$ If you run the ps command again at this point, is it still running (btw, pgrep is helpful for this type of command)? Have you check the vncserver logs (I can't recall off the top of my head where they are... maybe ~/.vnc)? I assume you have network interfaces up and running. Yes, I have included the VNC server logs in my original post. If you see in the logs, it is unable to find some font directories and thus ignoring those paths. Could it be a reason for the problem? Here are the logs again for your convenience: foss...@squeeze:~$ cat .vnc/squeeze\:1.log 22/01/10 00:01:33 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9 22/01/10 00:01:33 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group 22/01/10 00:01:33 Copyright (C) 1999 ATT Laboratories Cambridge 22/01/10 00:01:33 All Rights Reserved. 22/01/10 00:01:33 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 22/01/10 00:01:33 Desktop name 'X' (squeeze:1) 22/01/10 00:01:33 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 22/01/10 00:01:33 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi' not found - ignoring Seeing this, are the font directories installed properly ? If yes, I could remember that there was an issue with starting vnc on fedora which could be fixed by finding the 'fixed' font directory and passing the name of that directory as an arguement to the tightvnc server something like [tight]vncserver -fp path :1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Bhasker C V Registered linux user #306349 Fedora Ambassador: Bhaslinux
Re: Unable to start tightvncserver
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:07:57AM +0530, Foss User wrote: foss...@squeeze:~$ ps -aef | grep 4847 fossist 4987 3680 0 00:02 pts/300:00:00 grep 4847 foss...@squeeze:~$ netstat -na | grep tcp | grep 59 foss...@squeeze:~$ If you run the ps command again at this point, is it still running (btw, pgrep is helpful for this type of command)? Have you check the vncserver logs (I can't recall off the top of my head where they are... maybe ~/.vnc)? I assume you have network interfaces up and running. Otherwise... you got me stumped. That's a good one. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Unable to start tightvncserver
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Eric Gerlach egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:07:57AM +0530, Foss User wrote: foss...@squeeze:~$ ps -aef | grep 4847 fossist 4987 3680 0 00:02 pts/3 00:00:00 grep 4847 foss...@squeeze:~$ netstat -na | grep tcp | grep 59 foss...@squeeze:~$ If you run the ps command again at this point, is it still running (btw, pgrep is helpful for this type of command)? Have you check the vncserver logs (I can't recall off the top of my head where they are... maybe ~/.vnc)? I assume you have network interfaces up and running. Yes, I have included the VNC server logs in my original post. If you see in the logs, it is unable to find some font directories and thus ignoring those paths. Could it be a reason for the problem? Here are the logs again for your convenience: foss...@squeeze:~$ cat .vnc/squeeze\:1.log 22/01/10 00:01:33 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9 22/01/10 00:01:33 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group 22/01/10 00:01:33 Copyright (C) 1999 ATT Laboratories Cambridge 22/01/10 00:01:33 All Rights Reserved. 22/01/10 00:01:33 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 22/01/10 00:01:33 Desktop name 'X' (squeeze:1) 22/01/10 00:01:33 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 22/01/10 00:01:33 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi' not found - ignoring -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Unable to start tightvncserver
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Foss User foss...@gmail.com wrote: I am unable to start tightvncserver. Please see the output and help me. foss...@squeeze:~$ tightvncserver You will require a password to access your desktops. Password: Verify: Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)? n New 'X' desktop is squeeze:1 Creating default startup script /home/fossist/.vnc/xstartup Starting applications specified in /home/fossist/.vnc/xstartup Log file is /home/fossist/.vnc/squeeze:1.log foss...@squeeze:~$ cat .vnc/squeeze\:1.log 22/01/10 00:01:33 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9 22/01/10 00:01:33 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group 22/01/10 00:01:33 Copyright (C) 1999 ATT Laboratories Cambridge 22/01/10 00:01:33 All Rights Reserved. 22/01/10 00:01:33 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 22/01/10 00:01:33 Desktop name 'X' (squeeze:1) 22/01/10 00:01:33 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 22/01/10 00:01:33 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi' not found - ignoring foss...@squeeze:~$ cat /tmp/.X1-lock 4847 foss...@squeeze:~$ ps -aef | grep 4847 fossist 4987 3680 0 00:02 pts/3 00:00:00 grep 4847 foss...@squeeze:~$ netstat -na | grep tcp | grep 59 foss...@squeeze:~$ Any help with this? Should I report this as a bug? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
