I used to have this problem, but I recently installed some patches to my Solaris machine (to allow Java to run, but that's another story) and now I can start vncserver without having to run a script to set the permissions on the .X11* directory. I think it's because the permissions are maintained between boots now, but previously were not.
have a look on sunsolve and the patch list may well give you the info... Martin Kemp > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug Fisher > Sent: 14 November 2001 4:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Solution for problems Running vncserver on Solaris > > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
