Starting X remotely to start a vnc connection

[Jamon Camisso]

wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here's the situation: I have a remote machine running Fedora Core 5 that I can
> access and login to with ssh (putty). I want to get a vnc connection to this
> machine with a desktop running. In ssh, I can try to start an x-server, but I
> get the following error repeatedly, about every two seconds:
> 
> ** (nm-applet:2527): WARNING **: <WARNING>       nma_dbus_init ():
> nma_dbus_init() could not acquire its service.  dbus_bus_acquire_service()
> says: 'Connection ":1.11" is not allowed to own the service
> "org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo" due to security policies in the
> configuration file'
> 
> Now, while that's happening, I can start a vncserver, connect to it and view my
> desktop with nothing running.  Launching any application fails (no output since
> it's graphical).
> 
> After killing the startx process via my ssh session, these messages are printed:
> 
> The application 'gnome-panel' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
> most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
> the application.
> The application 'nautilus' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
> most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
> the application.
> The application 'nm-applet' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
> most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
> the application.
> 
> waiting for X server to shut down Window manager warning: The application
> 'eggcups' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
> most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
> the application.
> Lost connection to the display ':0.0';
> most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
> the window manager.
> 
> 
> xinit:  unexpected signal 15.
> 
> My ultimate goal here is to get a normal vnc connection.  Normally, I log in to
> the machine while I'm sitting at it, but that's not the case today.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What happens if you try starting X with GDM/KDM/XDM? I usually do it 
this way with debian and then start vncserver and connect.

Jamon
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