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Scenario 2:
PROBLEM:
2. Cannot logon to VNC server through VNC Viewer. Get unable to connect to
host error message
SOLUTION:1
A. Is vncserver :1 running?
i.Logon to GCEMS and as an excelsw user enter the following command
and verify vncserver is running
$ps -ef|grep vnc
ii.If vncserver is not running, enter following command to start vncserver
$vncserver :1
SOLUTION:2
A. Is vncserver running as :1 or something other than :1
i. Logon to GCEMS and as an excelsw user enter the following command
and verify vncserver :1 is running
$ps -ef|grep vnc
ii.If vncserver is running on something other than :1 then kill the other
process and start :1 process
$vncserver -kill :2
$vncserver :1
Scenario 3:
PROBLEM:
3. On a reboot of GCEMS server the vncserver process does not restart
automatically.
SOLUTION:
A. For security reasons VNCserver does not restart on a reboot of the GCEMS
server. However if your network is secure you can follow the next few
steps and configure vncserver to restart after a reboot of GCEMS server.
B. Open a terminal on GCEMS and go to /etc/sysconfig
C. Using a text editor, edit the vncservers file as shown below:
i. Uncomment the line VNCSERVERS="1:myusername"
ii. Change the line in previous step to VNCSERVERS="1:excelsw"
iii.Save and close
iv. Enter the following command to edit the runlevel
$/sbin/chkconfig vncserver on