VNC and grey screen with cursor

[Haldol]

Hello:

I'm trying to setup VNC on Mandrake 8.0 but I get a grey screen with a cursor when I try to log in. In searching the net, I think I am supposed to find the answer in the log file. It has some errors, none of which I understand. Any help would be appreciated. :) Here is the file:

19/09/01 00:16:15 Xvnc version 3.3.3r1
19/09/01 00:16:15 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
19/09/01 00:16:15 All Rights Reserved.
19/09/01 00:16:15 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on VNC
19/09/01 00:16:15 Desktop name 'X' (linuxserver.office.net:2)
19/09/01 00:16:15 Protocol version supported 3.3
19/09/01 00:16:15 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
19/09/01 00:16:15 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5802
19/09/01 00:16:15 URL http://linuxserver.office.net:5802
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xrdb: Invalid argument
xrdb: Can't open display 'linuxserver.office.net:2'
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xsetroot: unable to open display 'linuxserver.office.net:2'
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xmodmap: unable to open display 'linuxserver.office.net:2'
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xmodmap: unable to open display 'linuxserver.office.net:2'
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xset: unable to open display "linuxserver.office.net:2"
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xset: unable to open display "linuxserver.office.net:2"
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
xset: unable to open display "linuxserver.office.net:2"
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
ksplash: cannot connect to X server linuxserver.office.net:2
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server.
kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session.
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
kcminit: cannot connect to X server linuxserver.office.net:2
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
knotify: cannot connect to X server linuxserver.office.net:2
DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-2836' to 'knotify'
ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error!
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for linuxserver.office.net
ksmserver: cannot connect to X server linuxserver.office.net:2
kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children.
kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
kdeinit: Exit.

19/09/01 00:18:07 Got connection from client 192.168.0.30
19/09/01 00:18:07 Protocol version 3.5
19/09/01 00:18:07 Ignoring minor version mismatch
19/09/01 00:18:15 Pixel format for client 192.168.0.30:
19/09/01 00:18:15 8 bpp, depth 8
19/09/01 00:18:15 true colour: max r 7 g 7 b 3, shift r 0 g 3 b 6
19/09/01 00:18:15 no translation needed
19/09/01 00:18:15 Using hextile encoding for client 192.168.0.30
19/09/01 00:18:15 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding type 3
19/09/01 00:18:26 Client 192.168.0.30 gone
19/09/01 00:18:26 Statistics:
19/09/01 00:18:26 key events received 1, pointer events 43
19/09/01 00:18:26 framebuffer updates 44, rectangles 105, bytes 409512
19/09/01 00:18:26 hextile rectangles 105, bytes 409512
19/09/01 00:18:26 raw bytes equivalent 807211, compression ratio 1.971153


Thanks in advance,

Steve

[Helical Cynic]

Check your ~/.vnc/xstartup file. It launches whatever you want on your VNC display. Mine launches blackbox, bbkeys, and gkrellm, so it looks a little like this:

bbkeys -w -no -m &
gkrellm -w &
blackbox -rc ~/.vncblackboxrc &

You probably don't have any wm loading in the xstartup file. I'm not sure what the line would be for KDE, check your ~/.xinitrc file for that.
The file locations are where things are on my Slack 8 box, so they may be slightly different.

Hope this helps!
Bryan