On Jan 13, 2023, at 21:45, Alex <mysqlstud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > I have a fedora37 desktop install with tigervnc-server and can't get it to > start. I'd like it to start on system boot. > > I've followed the HOWTO.md as well as numerous examples online, and can't > figure out what's wrong. I've set the vncpasswd for the user listed in > vncserver.users. > > /etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users: > :1=gary > > $ cat ~/.vnc/config|grep -Ev '^$|^#' > session=gnome > securitytypes=vncauth,tlsvnc > geometry=800x600 > > # systemctl start vncserver@:1 > Job for vncserver@:1.service failed because the control process exited with > error code. > See "systemctl status vncserver@:1.service" and "journalctl -xeu > vncserver@:1.service" for details. > > systemd[1]: Starting vncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC)... > vncserver[5803]: WARNING: vncserver has been replaced by a systemd unit and > is now considered deprecated and removed in upstream. > vncserver[5803]: Please read /usr/share/doc/tigervnc/HOWTO.md for more > information. > vncserver[5803]: WARNING: The first attempt to start Xvnc failed, possibly > because the font > vncserver[5803]: catalog is not properly configured. Attempting to determine > an appropriate > vncserver[5803]: font path for this system and restart Xvnc using that font > path ... > vncserver[5803]: Could not start Xvnc. > vncserver[5803]: _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: > ...SocketCreateListener() failed > vncserver[5803]: _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > vncserver[5803]: (EE) > vncserver[5803]: Fatal server error: > vncserver[5803]: (EE) Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X > server isn't already running(EE) > vncserver[5803]: _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: > ...SocketCreateListener() failed > vncserver[5803]: _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > vncserver[5803]: (EE) > vncserver[5803]: Fatal server error: > vncserver[5803]: (EE) Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X > server isn't already running(EE) > systemd[1]: vncserver@:1.service: Control process exited, code=exited, > status=255/EXCEPTION > systemd[1]: vncserver@:1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. > systemd[1]: Failed to start vncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service > (VNC). > > Could missing fonts really cause this? What more can I do to troubleshoot > this?
The font thing is a warning. (See where it says WARNING) You missed the errors: > vncserver[5803]: _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running There’s already something listening on the port it is trying to run on. Perhaps take a look at what port it is listening on and fix that. -- Jonathan Billings _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
