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Installing Gnome and VNC Remote Desktop on Centos VPS
After writing a how-to on installing Gnome and VNC server on Ubuntu Linux, this time I blog on the same tutorial but now I use Centos 5.3 Linux.
It’s almost similar with Ubuntu, but on Centos we use YUM instead of apt-get command. Both package managers have its own fans, nevertheless both yum and apt-get deliver an easy to use package installer.
To read the how-to please go to: http://www.talk.web.id/2009/08/installing-vnc-remote-desktop-on-centos-vps/ as I write it for Talk Web ID. If you like the tutorial or have questions, please write on the comment box.
December 10th, 2009 - 21:22
Hey Markus,
Thank you for your informative guide.
I followed your written instructions and when i tried to connect via RealVNC .. all i get is a black screen with cursor and some options -> http://tinypic.com/r/jilykm/6
Please advise
December 10th, 2009 - 21:30
do you install Gnome already?
December 10th, 2009 - 23:15
yes i did
actually when i start and stop the service “vncserver”, the xstartup file is not created.
What could be wrong?
December 10th, 2009 - 23:30
did you run ‘vncpasswd’ command as ‘vncuser’ account?
after creating the ‘vncuser’ account you have to login as ‘vncuser’ by execute command:
su – vncuser
then run ‘vncpasswd’
it should create the /home/vncuser/.vnc directory
December 11th, 2009 - 01:32
hey it works now .. thanks Markus!
Do you have a tutorial for installing and using winrar in centos?
i keep getting glibc 2.7 error
December 11th, 2009 - 01:46
good to hear
i’ll try to install it when i have free time tomorrow. if i succeeded i’ll post it.
December 14th, 2009 - 05:20
soooo i have installed all the thigns the guide told me if anyone has teamviewer and is willing 2 help me send me an email – jordan.coalby@live.co.uk
December 15th, 2009 - 04:34
Al, I found out that error messages is caused by glibc which is installed in centos is still version 2.5, while winrar need 2.7
December 14th, 2009 - 05:22
@Jay, what is the problem you facing right now? if you can describe it here, I might be able to help you
August 14th, 2010 - 09:06
hey markus,
thanks for great tutorial….
do you have tutorial to compile gimp on centos…i prefer old version gimp(1.0.4)…
August 15th, 2010 - 15:59
we’ll see if i have time to write one, it’s been quite some times since i wrote new article
August 14th, 2010 - 09:43
hi markus ,
thanks for tutorial but its not working…getting error….
everything seems fine..till ls /home/vncuser/.vnc …
but i write ls /home/vncuser/.vnc
i get a error messge “.vnc no such file or directory” ….i have tried all steps clearly(two times)….expecting your response as quickly as possible….
August 15th, 2010 - 15:55
are you sure you didn’t get error messages when installing vnc server? did you run the YUM command as root?
August 14th, 2010 - 10:11
not working..plz help me….
getting error message….
“ls: .vnc: Permission denied”
August 15th, 2010 - 15:56
this means you didn’t login as the correct user.