Bugzilla – Bug 580601
VNC install starts ncurses installer
Last modified: 2010-09-13 14:54:19 UTC
PROBLEM STATEMENT: When using the vnc=1 parameter to launch the install, it prompts for a password but doesn't ever start the vnc server. It just starts an ncurses/textmode installer instead. The VNC server isn't started until the 2nd stage of the install (after packages have already been installed) PLATFORM/CONFIGURATION: 11.2 Final i586 REPRO: 1. Boot from the openSUSE 11.2 DVD 2. In the boot parameters, add vnc=1 3. Start the install RESULTS: After prompting for a password, a textmode installer is displayed. EXPECTED RESULTS: It should launch the VNC server and display the IP/port on the screen.
Same here on 11.2 x86_64 when trying a network install.
Workaround Hi, seeing this problem I got sshd up (rcsshd start), assigned a root password (passwd root) and copied the Xvnc binary from an Open SuSE 11.2 already installed system (scp -Cp /usr/bin/Xvnc root@ip_you_are_installing_to:/usr/bin/) done this i invoked yast (/sbin/yast) and Voilá i recieved the message from VNC at ip_you_are_installing_to display :1 In my case: -------------------------- inst-sys:~ # ls /usr/bin/X* Xorg Xvnc inst-sys:~ # /sbin/yast unicode_start skipped on /dev/pts/0 Probing connected terminal... Initializing virtual console... Found an xterm terminal on /dev/pts/0 (97 columns x 26 lines). Please supply a config file starting VNC server... A log file will be written to: /var/log/YaST2/vncserver.log ... *** *** You can connect to 192.168.100.27, display :1 now with vncviewer *** Or use a Java capable browser on http://192.168.100.27:5801/ *** (When YaST2 is finished, close your VNC viewer and return to this window.) *** Starting YaST2 ***
dup *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 530111 ***