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Jon12345
PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 6:08 pm 
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I have been following the instructions on this page: https://www.linode.com/docs/application ... er-on-boot

But, when I type vncserver :1, those instructions suggest I should see the desktop. I don't. So I tried startx but that just gave an error saying no screens found.

Any suggestions on what to do? I've been stuck on this for hours now.

Thanks,

Jon
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:29 pm 
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"vncserver :1" by itself does not let you "see the desktop". It launches the VNC server. As the instructions mention afterwards, you have to do some more legwork on the client side to connect to the VNC server. Have you done that?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:26 am 
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The instructions afterwards seem to be referring to the connecting via vnc, which is less of an issue right now. The first thing is I need to see the desktop. That doesn't have to be using a VNC client like tightvnc for now. I could set that up later.

I used "Lish via Ajaxterm" to see the command line. Can I not launch the desktop from the command line and see it in that window?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:52 pm 
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The only way you can connect to a vnc server is using a vnc client. The only way you can see a desktop is through vnc, you cannot run one through lish.

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Jon12345
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:58 pm 
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Thanks Chris, I was not aware of that. Ok, I have used VNC Viewer to login. You can see what I typed and viewed in the text below. Does this give anyone an idea of what I might be doing wrong? I feel so close!!

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root@localhost:~# startup
startup: command not found
root@localhost:~# startx


X.Org X Server 1.15.1
Release Date: 2014-04-13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-76-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 4.1.0-x86_64-linode59 #1 SMP Mon Jun 22 10:39:23 EDT 2015 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/xvda xencons=tty console=tty1 console=hvc0 nosep nodevfs ramdisk_size=32768 ip_conntrack.hashsize=8192 nf_conntrack.hashsize=8192 ro devtmpfs.mount=1
Build Date: 12 February 2015 02:49:29PM
xorg-server 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 13 17:54:47 2015
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
Initializing built-in extension XTEST
Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
Initializing built-in extension SYNC
Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
Initializing built-in extension RENDER
Initializing built-in extension RANDR
Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
Initializing built-in extension RECORD
Initializing built-in extension DPMS
Initializing built-in extension Present
Initializing built-in extension DRI3
Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
Initializing built-in extension XVideo
Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
Initializing built-in extension SELinux
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
Initializing built-in extension DRI2
Loading extension GLX
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.


xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
root@localhost:~#
root@localhost:~#
root@localhost:~# vncserver :1
A VNC server is already running as :1
root@localhost:~# startx


X.Org X Server 1.15.1
Release Date: 2014-04-13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-76-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 4.1.0-x86_64-linode59 #1 SMP Mon Jun 22 10:39:23 EDT 2015 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/xvda xencons=tty console=tty1 console=hvc0 nosep nodevfs ramdisk_size=32768 ip_conntrack.hashsize=8192 nf_conntrack.hashsize=8192 ro devtmpfs.mount=1
Build Date: 12 February 2015 02:49:29PM
xorg-server 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 13 17:55:18 2015
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
Initializing built-in extension XTEST
Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
Initializing built-in extension SYNC
Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
Initializing built-in extension RENDER
Initializing built-in extension RANDR
Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
Initializing built-in extension RECORD
Initializing built-in extension DPMS
Initializing built-in extension Present
Initializing built-in extension DRI3
Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
Initializing built-in extension XVideo
Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
Initializing built-in extension SELinux
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
Initializing built-in extension DRI2
Loading extension GLX
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
root@localhost:~#


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Jon12345
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:47 pm 
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Was that list too much? I only typed in about 3 lines! Most was auto generated.
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bryantrv
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:44 pm 
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This is above my pay grade :), but I actually don't think you need startx, as there is no graphics card installed. A question, what desktop do you have installed? I'm not sure if gnome is installed by default on Ubuntu, so the line in /.vnc/xstartup would not be gnome-session & , it would be something else. Some Googling brought up some info that looks like the default Unity desktop might not work well with vnc. You might try installing the Gnome desktop.

Hopefully, someone who really knows will chime in :)

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