Bug 846583

Is reproducible in Fedora 17 as well. vnc.py in the anaconda package contains "-nevershared". More below.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #628477 +++

Description of problem:

I was installing Fedora 13 over VNC, with TigerVNC on Windows as the client. I lost VNC connectivity, but trying to reconnect failed with the error message:

"The server is already in use"

I couldn't reconnect to the running Anaconda session, and I didn't want to restart the install. Looks like the reason is the combination of options passed to Xvnc server:

IdleTimeout=0
-nevershared

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
13.42-1

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to install over VNC
2. "Lose" connectivity, say by shutting down the network on the client
3. Try to reconnect to the VNC session
  
Actual results:
No way to reconnect

Expected results:
Should time-out after a while, or allow shared connections

Additional info:
FWIW, I eventually worked around the issue and regained access to my install session.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/381766.html

--- Additional comment from clumens on 2010-09-01 10:11:06 EDT ---

Radek - I don't remember why we use -nevershared here.  Could you investigate?  Thanks.

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--- Additional comment from fedora on 2011-05-31 12:24:40 EDT ---

Bumping up to 15.

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