[ale] VNC (Was: Java on VNC display)

[Jeff Dilcher]

Hi Joe!

Thanks for the patience.  Yes, I tried adding a blank .Xresources
file, and....
It worked!

Cool!  Thanks for taking the time to write back, and help me get this
thing
going!

Now, to play with getting it to run within SSH!

gratefully,

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
 From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Joe
Knapka
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 4:36 PM
To: Jeff Dilcher
Cc: ALE
Subject: Re: [ale] VNC (Was: Java on VNC display)

~/.Xresources is the X resource database. You can use it
to configure characteristics of the window system (i.e.
"please put blue borders on all windows, except put
pink borders on Xterm windows"... that kind of stuff).

I think if you just create an empty /root/.Xresources
file that error should go away. But it looks as if the
server is actually running, anyway - if it weren't
you'd get a "fatal error" in there somewhere.
What happens when you try to point a vncviewer at it?

Luck,

-- Joe

Jeff Dilcher wrote:
>
> Hi Joe!
>
> I just tried to get this going again, and here is my error.  Seems
to
> be complaining about an
> Xresources file, which, it is true, is not in my /root directory.  I
> am able to run X at the console,
> is this something I have to create?  I assume it is a configuration
> file for the window environment...
>
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 Xvnc version 3.3.2r3
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 Copyright (C) 1997-8 Olivetti & Oracle Research
> Laboratory
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 See http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc for information about
> VNC
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 Desktop name 'X'
(server.cueva.penguinpowered.com:1)
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 Protocol version supported 3.3
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 24/07/99 18:15:29 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 24/07/99 18:15:29   URL http://server.cueva.penguinpowered.com:5801
> xrdb: No such file or directory
> xrdb: can't open file '/root/.Xresources'
> 24/07/99 18:16:10 httpd: get '' for 192.168.1.3
> 24/07/99 18:16:10 httpd: defaulting to 'index.vnc'
> 24/07/99 18:16:10 httpProcessInput: open: No such file or directory
> 24/07/99 18:16:21 httpd: get '' for 192.168.1.3
> 24/07/99 18:16:21 httpd: defaulting to 'index.vnc'
> 24/07/99 18:16:21 httpProcessInput: open: No such file or directory
> 24/07/99 18:16:24 httpd: get '' for 192.168.1.3
> 24/07/99 18:16:24 httpd: defaulting to 'index.vnc'
> 24/07/99 18:16:24 httpProcessInput: open: No such file or directory
> 24/07/99 18:16:25 httpd: get '' for 192.168.1.3
> 24/07/99 18:16:25 httpd: defaulting to 'index.vnc'
> 24/07/99 18:16:25 httpProcessInput: open: No such file or directory
> 24/07/99 18:16:39 httpd: get '' for 192.168.1.3
> 24/07/99 18:16:39 httpd: defaulting to 'index.vnc'
> 24/07/99 18:16:39 httpProcessInput: open: No such file or directory
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joe at proxy2.ba.best.com [mailto:joe at proxy2.ba.best.com]On
Behalf
> Of Joe Knapka
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 11:43 PM
> To: Jeff Dilcher
> Cc: ALE
> Subject: Re: [ale] VNC (Was: Java on VNC display)
>
> Jeff, what kinds of problems are you having?
>
> Should just be a case of installing Xvnc, vncviewer, vncserver,
> and vncpasswd in a directory that's on your $PATH.
>
> If the server dies on startup with "Can't open default font 'fixed'"
> (look in ~/.vnc/<host>:<display>.log),
> make sure you have the 100dpi fonts installed on your font path
> (on my Slackware system, they go in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi).
> Other than that, I've never had any trouble getting VNC to run
> on Linux.
>
> Oh yeah, if you want to use the Java viewer, you have to make sure
> that the class files that come with VNC are in a place where Xvnc
> can find them. It's in the README file.
>
> Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> ls > Does anyone know of a good info source for getting VNC running
on
> a
> > Redhat 6.0 Gnome
> > systerm?  I used this program on NT, but, I the setup seemed a bit
> > more daunting on
> > Linux...
> >
> >
> > -Jim
>
> -- Joe Knapka
> * I speak only for myself, except when the little transceiver
> * at the base of my skull is activated...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joe at proxy2.ba.best.com [mailto:joe at proxy2.ba.best.com]On
Behalf
> Of Joe Knapka
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 11:43 PM
> To: Jeff Dilcher
> Cc: ALE
> Subject: Re: [ale] VNC (Was: Java on VNC display)
>
> Jeff, what kinds of problems are you having?
>
> Should just be a case of installing Xvnc, vncviewer, vncserver,
> and vncpasswd in a directory that's on your $PATH.
>
> If the server dies on startup with "Can't open default font 'fixed'"
> (look in ~/.vnc/<host>:<display>.log),
> make sure you have the 100dpi fonts installed on your font path
> (on my Slackware system, they go in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi).
> Other than that, I've never had any trouble getting VNC to run
> on Linux.
>
> Oh yeah, if you want to use the Java viewer, you have to make sure
> that the class files that come with VNC are in a place where Xvnc
> can find them. It's in the README file.
>
> Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> ls > Does anyone know of a good info source for getting VNC running
on
> a
> > Redhat 6.0 Gnome
> > systerm?  I used this program on NT, but, I the setup seemed a bit
> > more daunting on
> > Linux...
> >
> >
> > -Jim
>
> -- Joe Knapka
> * I speak only for myself, except when the little transceiver
> * at the base of my skull is activated...

-- Joe Knapka
* I speak only for myself, except when the little transceiver
* at the base of my skull is activated...