Public bug reported: in the xstartup file that is created for users (~/.vnc/xstartup) it implies that:
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: #unset SESSION_MANAGER #exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc however this does not work. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is not executable and thus exec fails due to permission denied. thus the rest of the xstartup fails and no session is created. This should be fixed. NOTE: this is NOT related to my previous bug report. I have tried xstartup both with this uncommented (which has generated this bug due to either xinitrc having wrong permmissions or xstartup suggesting impossible options) and with it in its default (commented) state which causes the different failure reported as an independent bug. (Frankly I think vnc4server is so poorly designed, configured and integrated into 10.04 Server that the whole package should be marked as a "bug". None of the documentation I ran across was of any use getting it working. exec permissions are wrong, it's gnome centric, it cannot be started as a boot service, font paths are incorrect, etc.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: vnc4server 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-server 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: rr26xx Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 20 01:42:57 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: vnc4 ** Affects: vnc4 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- vnc4server xstartup is flawed, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is not executable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/620991 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs