Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 251422
system-config utilities do not run under vnc-xinetd-gdm-xdmcp
Last modified: 2013-04-30 19:36:34 EDT
Description of problem: When attempting to run system-config-* utilities while logged in as described above, the application does not launch. Run from the command line, you will see the following error: Xlib: connection to "server:1.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified system-config-users requires a currently running X server Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install vnc for use with xinetd, gdm, and xdmcp 2. vnc and login 3. Run system-config programs Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Additional info: If you run gedit, it works. If you su to root, the same problem occurs.
Could you please attach server log? (located in ${HOME}/.vnc/)
(In reply to comment #2) > Could you please attach server log? (located in ${HOME}/.vnc/) There is no .vnc directory.
(In reply to comment #3) > There is no .vnc directory. It's impossible. Could you look again into server's home directory (if you run server under root user, look at /root/.vnc, if you run it under my_nick, look into /home/my_nick/.vnc for example), please? Thanks, Adam
The information we've requested above is required in order to review this problem report further and diagnose/fix the issue if it is still present. Since there have not been any updates to the report since thirty (30) days or more since we requested additional information, we're assuming the problem is either no longer present in the current Fedora release, or that there is no longer any interest in tracking the problem. Setting status to "CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA". If you still experience this problem after updating to our latest Fedora release and can provide the information previously requested, please feel free to reopen the bug report. Thank you in advance. Note that maintenance for Fedora 7 will end 30 days after the GA of Fedora 9.