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Re: [Xen-users] Vnc unable to open Display on xen CentOS

To: Tapas Mishra <tapas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Vnc unable to open Display on xen CentOS
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:35:27 +0700
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Tapas Mishra <tapas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> vncviewer: unable to open display ""

this pretty much says it all. Most likekly you need to have X
forwarding enabled (if connecting via ssh).
Another possibilty is that if you login as normal user and run "su -".
In this case, simply run the command as normal user. You don't need
super user priviledge to run vncviewer.

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Fajar

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