[opensuse] Setting up VNC - problems (was: XDMCP as an alternative to a KVM switch
Well I tried for VNC rather than XDMCP. I installed TigerVNC on my desktop and on my mandriva-upgraded-to-Mageia2 server (thanks for the reference to that solution!) It went remarkably well. There's now a TigerVNC client menu item and I get a window asking for the server and the password. After starting (manually, I haven't bolted it into systemd yet) the server on the server, I filled in the popup and LO! IT WORKED FIRST TIME !! But I'm not pleased because it didn't really work. I got the window from the server (ain't it nice having a big screen so you can have an almost as bit window to another machine ... :-) ) BUT what was in it wasn't my desktop. It was a couple of xterms with error messages about 'locale'. I've tried fiddling with the ~/.vnc/xstartup but so far have had not resolved that. Googling around has produced some examples and ideas but none have worked so far. If anyone has any suggestions I'm open to ideas. Thanks. -- It is bad luck to be superstitious. - Andrew W. Mathis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Saturday 22 December 2012 15:41:23 Anton Aylward wrote:
Well I tried for VNC rather than XDMCP.
I installed TigerVNC on my desktop and on my mandriva-upgraded-to-Mageia2 server (thanks for the reference to that solution!)
It went remarkably well. There's now a TigerVNC client menu item and I get a window asking for the server and the password. After starting (manually, I haven't bolted it into systemd yet) the server on the server, I filled in the popup and LO! IT WORKED FIRST TIME !!
But I'm not pleased because it didn't really work. I got the window from the server (ain't it nice having a big screen so you can have an almost as bit window to another machine ... :-) )
BUT what was in it wasn't my desktop. It was a couple of xterms with error messages about 'locale'.
I've tried fiddling with the ~/.vnc/xstartup but so far have had not resolved that. Googling around has produced some examples and ideas but none have worked so far.
What have you tried, and what exact error messages do you get (hint: if you respond 'something about locale' the response you will get is 'change the locale setting to one that works', specificity is a virtue in problem reports) For example, do you actually exec startkde in your startup file? Or do you perhaps try some other desktop? Does it crash? Have you tried running a desktop such as startkde from one of the xterms that start? Did that work? Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 El 2012-12-23 a las 00:13 +0100, Anders Johansson escribió:
What have you tried, and what exact error messages do you get (hint: if you respond 'something about locale' the response you will get is 'change the locale setting to one that works', specificity is a virtue in problem reports)
There was a recent update to glibc that broke locale. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDWXK0ACgkQja8UbcUWM1x9FgD9GABWXLHVib7KIk0fYKNBN4rZ LxH8cY/DYUe+3NOYWWEBAIP4HC8Uow8cPxNk8y1xKI9Ux+1Mc2RIPc1dM9hQgtJY =xu4E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 02:21 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
El 2012-12-23 a las 00:13 +0100, Anders Johansson escribió:
What have you tried, and what exact error messages do you get (hint: if you respond 'something about locale' the response you will get is 'change the locale setting to one that works', specificity is a virtue in problem reports)
There was a recent update to glibc that broke locale.
For Mandriva? He is having a server side issue with a Mandriva server and should ask it on their lists Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 El 2012-12-22 a las 10:20 +0100, Anders Johansson escribió:
There was a recent update to glibc that broke locale.
For Mandriva?
Here. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDXM8MACgkQja8UbcUWM1xPIgD/SaNaM05qo9TcglSm4W+FR4gh NUIUEo8ACBqkvNDUEQ4A/2YWBYuzD5ndIIHwCyxUJozmWedJ+yTEh73MTQJpF/5j =GtN+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sunday 23 December 2012 17:39:22 Carlos E. R. wrote:
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El 2012-12-22 a las 10:20 +0100, Anders Johansson escribió:
There was a recent update to glibc that broke locale.
For Mandriva?
Here.
Well, then, he was quite specific about running Mandriva on the server, it was about the only thing he was specific about, so an opensuse glibc update would not cause any problems for him Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Anders Johansson said the following on 12/23/2012 03:17 PM:
On Sunday 23 December 2012 17:39:22 Carlos E. R. wrote:
El 2012-12-22 a las 10:20 +0100, Anders Johansson escribió:
There was a recent update to glibc that broke locale.
For Mandriva?
Here.
Well, then, he was quite specific about running Mandriva on the server, it was about the only thing he was specific about, so an opensuse glibc update would not cause any problems for him
mandriva-upgraded-to-Mageia2 and if you look back, that was at the advice of people here since
The OP said the openSuse installers would not upgrade mandriva. The impression I get is that when the 'suits' took over Mandriva after its financial woes the 'geeks' weren't happy and fled. Mandriva 2012 is due out some time in 2013 - which tells you a lot about how things are at mandriva and how likely you are to get support out of them. Mind you, the Mageia system, while technically very slick in the core and in some ways slightly more so than Fedora 17 or openSuse 12.1 as far as systemd integration goes, lacks in other areas, including various aspects of support. I dearly wish I could have found some way to upgrade from mandriva to openSuse. Support here is *SO* much better. Anyway, the people here have been immensely supportive off-list, something I've never found even in the pre-"suit" days of mandriva! And if anyone can figure a way to convince the openSuse installer to work on the Mageia system - and not demand that /usr gets reformatted! - I'd be very grateful. I don't mind playing with with Mageia, Mint, others, but I don't consider them 'production' systems as I do the Sues and Redhat products. OBTW: Mageia also had a glibc update that led to problems ... -- For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. - II Timothy 4:3 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 El 2012-12-23 a las 16:53 -0500, Anton Aylward escribió: ...
And if anyone can figure a way to convince the openSuse installer to work on the Mageia system - and not demand that /usr gets reformatted! - I'd be very grateful.
You can wait seated...
OBTW: Mageia also had a glibc update that led to problems ...
Interesting. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDXqMYACgkQja8UbcUWM1y/PAD/fVQI6+07sWBpf4UI7sAdGlPT Bb6iW47B05mv48C83aMA/1H/8cIwtPanJJAGC+kHk8279/iJ+eSRfkDsaOFfGfYr =nTXW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On 12/23/2012 4:58 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
And if anyone can figure a way to convince the openSuse installer to work on the Mageia system - and not demand that /usr gets reformatted! - I'd be very grateful.
You can wait seated...
Is that a polite way of saying "When Pigs Fly"? ;-) -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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On 12/23/2012 4:58 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
And if anyone can figure a way to convince the openSuse installer to work on the Mageia system - and not demand that /usr gets reformatted! - I'd be very grateful.
You can wait seated...
Is that a polite way of saying "When Pigs Fly"? ;-)
ROTFL! Yep. We say that in my country. :-) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDYzZYACgkQja8UbcUWM1xVgwD/WCKTnG1RJm/M3aJ8qVAfloGF 1Ub1VplA/zHcdKcvC40A/3oSEdzVQ4oG3JGsv2OkRyBBQpLKnusP6Z3Ytq5PL4ti =4a9X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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