On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, William Hooper wrote: > Doesn't VNC start the session you requested after you set the password > (you don't need to run it a second time)?
No, you do have to run it a second time, at least with Xvnc 3.3. > Are you sure that there isn't a server running on :10? Yes. Using appropriate 'ps' commands I can see all of the other vnc processes, but there isn't one for :10. > Have you tried to connect to it with a viewer? Not until you suggested it (because it isn't running ;-), but I did just try it and it responds as if there is nothing running on :10 (it does not prompt for a password and a pop-up box says "Failed to connect to server"). > It might be useful to look for logs and PID files in the ~/.vnc > directory. I had done that. There is no log for :10. When I try to kill :10, it tells me it doesn't know the PID, of course, so it fails. > Does Solaris have a "netstat -a" that can show you if a port has a > program listening on port 5910? Good idea. Yes, it does. I looked and I found nothing on 5910. So it's still a mystery. Thanks for your efforts. You had some good ideas and I really appreciate your help. Mike -- Michael B. Miller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Division of Epidemiology University of Minnesota http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/ > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Miller > > I'm still using old Xvnc version 3.3, running on Solaris 8. I set up > > VNC for a student and had him start it up on :10. It prompted for > > password, which he entered, then I had him run vncserver :10 again to > > create the VNC session. It refused saying "A VNC server is already > > running as :10", but it was lying! ;-) There is no server on :10. > > Then I had him run one on :11, and it worked without a problem. I've > > had him try, hours later, to start one on :10, but it won't work -- > > same error message. > > > > Any tips? Would an upgrade be a good idea? > > > > Mike _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
