Cannot start VNC Server

JockVSJock · 06-14-2005, 07:41 AM

Running RealVNC on a Knoppix 3.4 box, it is headless (no keyboard, no mouse).

I was using VNC yesterday, when I lost connection. I SSH into it, stop the server and
tried to restart it, but now I'm getting this error message:

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./vncserver
vncserver: couldn't find 'vncpasswd on your PATH.
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This can't be right because echo $PATH show /usr/bin in my PATH.

What has happened to cause this?

How can I fix this so I can get VNC Server going again?

thanks

acid_kewpie · 06-14-2005, 07:51 AM

can you prove that vncpassword is on your system? the user running that service is probably not your own user, but they should usually still have a path ok. it's possible to edit the startup script to reference the absolute location of vncpasswd, e.g. /usr/bin/vncpasswd. it's better to try reinstalling the server package first though.

JockVSJock · 06-14-2005, 08:34 AM

I only use stable apt-get sources for this box, since it is a server for me.

I just ran apt-get and there were a ton of packages that were upgraded, and now the VNC server started just fine.

This is really bizarre...Not sure what to make of this?