VNC Server - Black Screen on Client

[naveed27c]

Hi Experts

I installed the vncserver rpm on Redhat EL 5.3 after the initial installation. I am able to run $vncserver and can connect with vnc client also. But getting black screen all arrond the xtem and also not able to launch xclock. Here are the error messages in .vnc log

Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/share/X11/rgb'
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/ocapma:1
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.2
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See RealVNC - RealVNC remote control software for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 70101000, The X.Org Foundation

Tue Mar 10 00:34:10 2009
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy
/home/oracle/.vnc/xstartup: line 9: xsetroot: command not found
/home/oracle/.vnc/xstartup: line 12: twm: command not found


Seeking your expert advises where I missed some configuration etc.

Thanks
-naveed

[Felarin]

Is SELinux enabled?

Type

getenforce

And tell me what the output is.

[naveed27c]

Hi Felarin,


SELinux is Disabled. I am suspecting if following errors might be the cause.

/home/oracle/.vnc/xstartup: line 9: xsetroot: command not found
/home/oracle/.vnc/xstartup: line 12: twm: command not found ** this one especially.


Thanks for replying and helping.

Regards,
Naveed

[Felarin]

Try this,

Change "twm" to "startx"

Remember to save the file.

service vncserver restart

Then try connecting to your vnc again.

xsetroot should be at /usr/bin/xsetroot

The key is to uncomment the first 2 lines in the file, change twm to startx and edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to enable your various vncserver sessions to startup with the service.