On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 12:44:39PM -0700, Chuck Tribolet wrote: > SLES systems are setup so that when you VNC to them, they prompt for user ID > and password. > Red Hat systems do not. In the past, I've been able to get this to work on > RedHat 4 and 5 > by making a few changes. But on RHEL 6 I've been struggling. What I've done > so far is:
In my opinion this issue is related to gdm - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452528. Basically gdm is unable to start something different than Xorg :0. Regards, Adam > Install: (Surprisingly, they are not installed by default) > > tigervnc-1.0.90-0.10.20100115svn3945.el6.s390x.rpm > tigervnc-server-1.0.90-0.10.20100115svn3945.el6.s390x.rpm > > Create /etc/xinetd.d/vnc containing: > > # default: off > # description: This serves out a VNC connection which starts at a KDM login \ > # prompt. This VNC connection has a resolution of 1024x768, 16bit depth. > service vnc1024 > { > disable = no > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > wait = no > user = nobody > server = /usr/bin/Xvnc > server_args = :42 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry > 1024x768 -depth 16 -securitytypes=none > type = UNLISTED > port = 5901 > } > # default: off > # description: This serves out a VNC connection which starts at a KDM login \ > # prompt. This VNC connection has a resolution of 1280x1024, 16bit > depth. > service vnc1280 > { > disable = no > type = UNLISTED > port = 5902 > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > wait = no > user = nobody > server = /usr/bin/Xvnc > server_args = :42 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry > 1280x1024 -depth 16 -securitytypes=none > } > # default: off > # description: This serves out a VNC connection which starts at a KDM login \ > # prompt. This VNC connection has a resolution of 1600x1200, 16bit > depth. > service vnc1600 > { > disable = no > type = UNLISTED > port = 5903 > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > wait = no > user = nobody > server = /usr/bin/Xvnc > server_args = :42 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry > 1600x1200 -depth 16 -securitytypes=none > > > Update /etc/gdm/custom.conf to contain: > > # GDM configuration storage > > [daemon] > RemoteGreeter=/usr/libexec/gdm-simple-greeter > > [security] > > [xdmpc] > Enable=true > > [servers] > #0=Standard > > [greeter] > > [chooser] > > [debug] > > (I've also tried it with no RemoteGreater keyword). > > > Update /etc/services with these lines: > > vnc1024 5901/tcp # vnc and gdm 1024x768 > vnc1280 5902/tcp # vnc and gdm 1280x1024 > vnc1600 5903/tcp # vnc and gdm 1600x1200 > > And finally: > > chkconfig vnc off > chkconfig vnc on > service xinetd restart > > A reboot didn't help. VNC does get started. If I VNC to the machine, I get > an all black window > and no user ID prompt. I suspect the problem has something to do with the > greeter parameter. > > This is running on IBM zSeries (mainframe) but I don't think that's relevant. > -- > Chuck Tribolet > [email protected] > http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/triblet > > Silicon Valley: STILL the best day job in the world. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper > David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a > Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your > business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Tigervnc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-users -- Adam Tkac, Red Hat, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Tigervnc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-users
