I'm trying to get tightvnc working on a Solaris 8 box. I've installed
the blastwave pkg and all appeared well. When I try to run it, I get the
following error:


garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [225] vncserver :1 -name warden
Couldn't start Xvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
Couldn't start Xvnc process.

_XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local

Fatal server error:
Failed to establish all listening sockets
_XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local

Fatal server error:
Failed to establish all listening sockets

garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [226]


A google search reveals, that this was a common problem on other
platforms, but when I add Solaris to my search, I get no hits.

I looked at the vncserver script and I see:


garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [226] grep fontPath /opt/csw/bin/vncserver
$fontPath = "tcp/localhost:7100";
# $fontPath = "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/";
$cmd .= " -fp $fontPath" if ($fontPath);
warn "Please set correct fontPath in the $prog script.\n";
garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [227]


My Solaris install is right out of the box, but I check this anyway:

garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [266] fsadmin
fsadmin: font server is enabled to start from inetd
garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [267]
garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [268] ypcat services | grep 7100
fs 7100/tcp # Font server
garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [269]


Last I tried, commenting and uncommenting the 2 lines from the above
grep and adding:
ln -s /usr/openwin/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11

where those directories appear to exist. The error is always the same.
Anyway I'm new to blastwave, tightvnc, and font mgt, so I could use a
little help.

TIA
Gary

Gary Armstrong wrote:
> I'm trying to get tightvnc working on a Solaris 8 box. I've installed
> the blastwave pkg and all appeared well. When I try to run it, I get the
> following error:
>
>
> garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [225] vncserver :1 -name warden
> Couldn't start Xvnc; trying default font path.
> Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
> Couldn't start Xvnc process.
>
> _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local

Try this shell script (From NXServer - www.nomachine.com):
------------------------
#!/usr/bin/ksh

PATH=''
IFS=' '

ice_dir=/tmp/.ICE-unix
x11_dir=/tmp/.X11-unix

for dirname in $ice_dir $x11_dir ; do
{
if (! [ -d $dirname ] )
then
/usr/bin/mkdir $dirname
if [ $? != 0 ];
then
/usr/bin/echo "Warning: $0: cannot mkdir $dirname.";
fi
fi

if ([ -d $dirname ] )
then
/usr/bin/chown root:root $dirname
if [ $? != 0 ];
then
/usr/bin/echo "Warning: $0: cannot chown $dirname.";
fi
/usr/bin/chmod 1777 $dirname
if [ $? != 0 ];
then
/usr/bin/echo "Warning: $0: cannot chmod $dirname to 1777.";
fi
fi
}
done
------------------------

Add it to your root's crontab:
# Setup NX Properly
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/fixXdir.ksh


See if that fixes it

--
Bruno Saverio Delbono
Systems Engineer
Open-Systems Group (not-profit) http://www.open-systems.org/
Email: Bruno.S.Delbono at {mail.ac,open-systems.org,wf0.com,lucifer.at}

Bruno Saverio Delbono wrote:
> Gary Armstrong wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to get tightvnc working on a Solaris 8 box. I've installed
>> the blastwave pkg and all appeared well. When I try to run it, I get the
>> following error:
>>
>>
>> garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [225] vncserver :1 -name warden
>> Couldn't start Xvnc; trying default font path.
>> Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
>> Couldn't start Xvnc process.
>>
>> _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
>> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
>> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for
>> local
>
>
> Try this shell script (From NXServer - www.nomachine.com):
> ------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/ksh
>

SNIP

> }
> done
> ------------------------
>
> Add it to your root's crontab:
> # Setup NX Properly
> 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/fixXdir.ksh
>
>
> See if that fixes it
>

Bruno;

I checked that dir, must have just blew it. Thanks for the help. The
vncserver appears to create a .vnc/xstartup that kicks off twm. Any idea
where I could get a xstartup that kicks off cde? I tried replacing:

/usr/openwin/bin/twm
with
/usr/dt/bin/dtwm
but all I got was dead X.

TIA
Gary

Gary Armstrong wrote:
>
>
> Bruno Saverio Delbono wrote:
>
>> Gary Armstrong wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to get tightvnc working on a Solaris 8 box. I've installed
>>> the blastwave pkg and all appeared well. When I try to run it, I get the
>>> following error:
>>>
>>>
>>> garyarm@teSrvr1:/home/garyarm [225] vncserver :1 -name warden
>>> Couldn't start Xvnc; trying default font path.
>>> Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
>>> Couldn't start Xvnc process.
>>>
>>> _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
>>> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
>>> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for
>>> local
>>
>>
>>
>> Try this shell script (From NXServer - www.nomachine.com):
>> ------------------------
>> #!/usr/bin/ksh
>>
>
> SNIP
>
>> }
>> done
>> ------------------------
>>
>> Add it to your root's crontab:
>> # Setup NX Properly
>> 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/fixXdir.ksh
>>
>>
>> See if that fixes it
>>
>
> Bruno;
>
> I checked that dir, must have just blew it. Thanks for the help. The
> vncserver appears to create a .vnc/xstartup that kicks off twm. Any idea
> where I could get a xstartup that kicks off cde? I tried replacing:
>
> /usr/openwin/bin/twm
> with
> /usr/dt/bin/dtwm
> but all I got was dead X.
>


/usr/dt/bin/dtsession appears to work. Anything else I should look out for?

Again Thanks
Gary


> TIA
> Gary
>

In article <1077641953.736264@news-1.nethere.net>,
Gary Armstrong <garyarm_remThis_at_testedgeinc.com> writes:
>
[...]
> I checked that dir, must have just blew it. Thanks for the help. The
> vncserver appears to create a .vnc/xstartup that kicks off twm. Any idea
> where I could get a xstartup that kicks off cde? I tried replacing:
>
> /usr/openwin/bin/twm
> with
> /usr/dt/bin/dtwm
> but all I got was dead X.
>


Here's mine:

#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
if [ -x /etc/dt/config/Xsetup ]
/etc/dt/config/Xsetup
else
/usr/dt/config/Xsetup
fi
autocutsel&
/usr/dt/bin/Xsession

--
mailto:rlhamil@smart.net http://www.smart.net/~rlhamil

Gary Armstrong wrote:
>> I checked that dir, must have just blew it. Thanks for the help. The

Cool. Good to hear it works.

> /usr/dt/bin/dtsession appears to work. Anything else I should look out for?

<blah>

I don't know about you but I've tested vnc (tightvnc/vnc) and have never
been that impressed with performance and reliability. Ever since I
changed to nomachine.com's NXServer, I've found it to be far more
reliable, faster and impressive a solution than vnc ever was (even with
a dialup it kicks ass)

Here's some random pics I took: http://www.mail.ac/users/kevin/nomachine/

and of course http://www.nomachine.com/

</end blah>

Kind Regards,

--
Bruno Saverio Delbono
Systems Engineer
Open-Systems Group (not-profit) http://www.open-systems.org/
Email: Bruno.S.Delbono at {mail.ac,open-systems.org,wf0.com,lucifer.at}