I am trying to get Tiger VNC working on a home machine running Fedora 29 with latest patches applied. I can connect and provide user's password but the screen is blank.
On initial connection I got the Welcome Window that asked for keyboard style and such, but when I closed that window nothing but a black screen and that's all I get now when I log in. If I remove the user and add her back I get the Welcome Window again, but when that is done again black screen. Essentially there is no way to start an application and nothing setting the background. Seems the window manager isn't getting control or something.
I have:
Environment=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
In the /etc/systemd/system/vncserver-karen@.service file, which some sites have indicated may be needed. I have tried a couple of combinations of the .vnc/xstartup I've seen from various places, but am back to the original:
#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
I have this working fine on a Fedora 29 machine at work. All the files I know of to compare I have and they seem the same, like the ones mentioned above.
I attached the output of "systemctl status vncserver-karen@:2.service". It looks like everything is started fine. I haven't found any error messages that seem to apply.
I saw some comments that selinux could be an issue. I have selinux disabled both in the /etc/selinux/config file:
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. # disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded. SELINUX=disabled
Also from command line I can see it isn't enabled:
$ getenforce Disabled
The gnome-session-binary seems to be running according to systemctl output. I just don't know why it doesn't seem to be taking control of things.
Any pointers or suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks Chris K
Just curious....(and understand I have NO "super genius" skills like the 99% of people on this mailing list...I'm just actually....naturally curious) but what about "resolution" settings?....I know I once tried to get an instance of Virtual box running...and I kept getting a blank screen...and it was somehow?....the resolution that was "proposed" as opposed to what it "really" was that was causing an issue.....just throwing this out there. It probably doesn't factor into your situation...
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 1:21 AM Chris Kottaridis chriskot@quietwind.net wrote:
I am trying to get Tiger VNC working on a home machine running Fedora 29 with latest patches applied. I can connect and provide user's password but the screen is blank.
On initial connection I got the Welcome Window that asked for keyboard style and such, but when I closed that window nothing but a black screen and that's all I get now when I log in. If I remove the user and add her back I get the Welcome Window again, but when that is done again black screen. Essentially there is no way to start an application and nothing setting the background. Seems the window manager isn't getting control or something.
I have:
Environment=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
In the /etc/systemd/system/vncserver-karen@.service file, which some sites have indicated may be needed. I have tried a couple of combinations of the .vnc/xstartup I've seen from various places, but am back to the original:
#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
I have this working fine on a Fedora 29 machine at work. All the files I know of to compare I have and they seem the same, like the ones mentioned above.
I attached the output of "systemctl status vncserver-karen@:2.service". It looks like everything is started fine. I haven't found any error messages that seem to apply.
I saw some comments that selinux could be an issue. I have selinux disabled both in the /etc/selinux/config file:
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. # disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded. SELINUX=disabled
Also from command line I can see it isn't enabled:
$ getenforce Disabled
The gnome-session-binary seems to be running according to systemctl output. I just don't know why it doesn't seem to be taking control of things.
Any pointers or suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks Chris K _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
I have tried 3 different resolution settings with no difference. Well, the size of the vnc client window changes but the screen remains black in all cases.
Again the odd thing is that the Welcome Window shows up for a new user. So, if you can tell it to run a GUI app it seems it will. It's just that the window manager doesn't seem to take control to provide a way to allow you to start any GUI apps.
Thanks Chris K On 3/17/2019 3:34 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote:
Just curious....(and understand I have NO "super genius" skills like the 99% of people on this mailing list...I'm just actually....naturally curious) but what about "resolution" settings?....I know I once tried to get an instance of Virtual box running...and I kept getting a blank screen...and it was somehow?....the resolution that was "proposed" as opposed to what it "really" was that was causing an issue.....just throwing this out there. It probably doesn't factor into your situation...
EGO II
On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 1:21 AM Chris Kottaridis <chriskot@quietwind.net mailto:chriskot@quietwind.net> wrote:
I am trying to get Tiger VNC working on a home machine running Fedora 29 with latest patches applied. I can connect and provide user's password but the screen is blank. On initial connection I got the Welcome Window that asked for keyboard style and such, but when I closed that window nothing but a black screen and that's all I get now when I log in. If I remove the user and add her back I get the Welcome Window again, but when that is done again black screen. Essentially there is no way to start an application and nothing setting the background. Seems the window manager isn't getting control or something. I have: Environment=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 In the /etc/systemd/system/vncserver-karen@.service file, which some sites have indicated may be needed. I have tried a couple of combinations of the .vnc/xstartup I've seen from various places, but am back to the original: #!/bin/sh unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc I have this working fine on a Fedora 29 machine at work. All the files I know of to compare I have and they seem the same, like the ones mentioned above. I attached the output of "systemctl status vncserver-karen@:2.service". It looks like everything is started fine. I haven't found any error messages that seem to apply. I saw some comments that selinux could be an issue. I have selinux disabled both in the /etc/selinux/config file: # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. # disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded. SELINUX=disabled Also from command line I can see it isn't enabled: $ getenforce Disabled The gnome-session-binary seems to be running according to systemctl output. I just don't know why it doesn't seem to be taking control of things. Any pointers or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Chris K _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
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