We had some unusual problems when running a vncserver on Solaris that included blank screens, and failure to start a vncserver.
The problem is fixed by changing the permissions on some files in the tmp directory. > ls -la /tmp/.X11* drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 104 Nov 13 18:28 .X11-pipe/ drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 104 Nov 13 18:28 .X11-unix/ these are a problem because all users do not have permission to modify these directories. fix the problem as the root user: cd /tmp chmod 777 .X11* Note that this has to be done each time the machine is booted as these files are in the /tmp directory which gets deleted on startup. I believe that these directories are used by more applications than vncserver, but by default they appear to be created without permissions for everyone to modify them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Fisher B.Sc.,P.Eng. Willowglen Systems Inc. 8522 Davies Road Project Manager Total SCADA Solutions Edmonton Alberta Tel: (780) 465 1530 CANADA T6E 4Y5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (780) 465 0130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------