I had this issue earlier as well , but all the blogs misled me.
When I start the vnc , I get the grey vnc screen but no terminal window on it.
there is nothing much I can do on the vnc screen without the terminal (putty) window
While i google , lot of the blogs say about modifying the /home/oracle/.vnc/xstartup file
I modified it and restart vnc number of times, but nothing helped.
Then , I turn to the vnc log file to see if I can find a clue of whats wrong.
The following line caught my attention:
/root/.vnc/xstartup: line 11: xterm: command not found
upon checking xterm command is not found.
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]# ls -l /usr/bin/xterm
ls: cannot access /usr/bin/xterm: No such file or directory
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
I proceed to install xterm.
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]# yum install xterm
Loaded plugins: security
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xterm.x86_64 0:215-8.el5_4.1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libtermcap.so.2()(64bit) for package: xterm-215-8.el5_4.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libXaw.so.7()(64bit) for package: xterm-215-8.el5_4.1.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libXaw.x86_64 0:1.0.2-8.1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libXpm.so.4()(64bit) for package: libXaw-1.0.2-8.1.x86_64
---> Package libtermcap.x86_64 0:2.0.8-46.1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: /etc/termcap for package: libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libXpm.x86_64 0:3.5.5-3 will be installed
---> Package termcap.noarch 1:5.5-1.20060701.1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
xterm x86_64 215-8.el5_4.1 el5_latest 411 k
Installing for dependencies:
libXaw x86_64 1.0.2-8.1 el5_latest 329 k
libXpm x86_64 3.5.5-3 el5_latest 44 k
libtermcap x86_64 2.0.8-46.1 el5_latest 14 k
termcap noarch 1:5.5-1.20060701.1 el5_latest 265 k
Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================================================================================
Install 5 Package(s)
Total download size: 1.0 M
Installed size: 2.8 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): libXaw-1.0.2-8.1.x86_64.rpm | 329 kB 00:00
(2/5): libXpm-3.5.5-3.x86_64.rpm | 44 kB 00:00
(3/5): libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1.x86_64.rpm | 14 kB 00:00
(4/5): termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1.noarch.rpm | 265 kB 00:01
(5/5): xterm-215-8.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm | 411 kB 00:00
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 206 kB/s | 1.0 MB 00:05
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : 1:termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1.noarch 1/5
Installing : libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1.x86_64 2/5
Installing : libXpm-3.5.5-3.x86_64 3/5
Installing : libXaw-1.0.2-8.1.x86_64 4/5
Installing : xterm-215-8.el5_4.1.x86_64 5/5
Verifying : libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1.x86_64 1/5
Verifying : libXaw-1.0.2-8.1.x86_64 2/5
Verifying : xterm-215-8.el5_4.1.x86_64 3/5
Verifying : libXpm-3.5.5-3.x86_64 4/5
Verifying : 1:termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1.noarch 5/5
Installed:
xterm.x86_64 0:215-8.el5_4.1
Dependency Installed:
libXaw.x86_64 0:1.0.2-8.1 libXpm.x86_64 0:3.5.5-3 libtermcap.x86_64 0:2.0.8-46.1 termcap.noarch 1:5.5-1.20060701.1
Complete!
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
[root@ovpxpippd .vnc]#
Then started up vnc, and yes, now I get my terminal window.
So although you have the vnc packages , but unless you have the xterm packages installed , you cannot make use of vnc .
Hope this helps some one.
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