Headless VNC server

[John Van Ostrand]

On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 19:36 -0400,
alain.maisonneuve_lists-QX23z+6opsUOxlH4FaG5hA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Thanks for you help.. but..
> 
> I tried this and now i am getting Xauth error
> 
> xauth:  /tmp/xauth.XXXXpTwRvB not writable, changes will be ignored
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /tmp/xauth.XXXXpTwRvB
> 
> New 'X' desktop is ghost:2
> 
> Starting applications specified in /etc/X11/Xsession
> Log file is /home/alainm/.vnc/ghost:2.log
> 
> and also the KDM doesn't start up properly
> 
> any thoughts?

My first thought is that the perms on /tmp are wrong.

Run 'ls -l /tmp' and check the perms. The should look like:

drwxrwxrwt

If it isn't run this:

chmod 1777 /tmp

Then you need to check /home/alainm/.vnc/xstartup. Make sure that this
line is there:

startkde

If there is a twm line, you should comment it out.

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