Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:17:38 -0000 From: "local.freebsd.questions" <freebsd-questions-local@insignia.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vnc at start-up Message-ID: <2F03DF3DDE57D411AFF4009027B8C3670289D726@exchange-uk.isltd.insignia.com>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 02:28:19 -0000, mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th (Roger Merritt) wrote: >I've installed vnc from the ports and it works fine, but it's annoying to >have to log on to my server and start the vncserver every time I want to >connect from my desktop PC. One problem is my server has been randomly >rebooting (I suspect hardware problems but ...), so I can't just leave the >server running. > >I tried putting a start-up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and it works, but >in the vncserver script itself there is a loop which checks for the >availability of commands, including xauth. Apparently during boot-up the >PATH doesn't include /usr/X11R6/bin, so on boot-up one of the messages I >get is 'vncserver: couldn't find "xauth" on your path' and the server isn't >started. > >Can anyone suggest what I should do to make this work? What about starting it via xdm? Just add a line to the bottom of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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