# Xvnc doesn't start gnome-session

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/xvnc-doesnt-start-gnome-session/28182>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [May 18, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xvnc-doesnt-start-gnome-session/28182 "2016-05-18T23:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![rsorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@rsorel](https://forums.suse.com/u/rsorel)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xvnc-doesnt-start-gnome-session/28182/1 "2016-05-18T23:56:43Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to run vnc by starting Xvnc using xinetd. THe remote will connect, but there is a blank screen with a mouse pointer. It appears that the gnome desktop is not starting. I am using SLES12 SP1. chkconfig shows it as ‘xinetd’. The problem, I believe is that nothing starts the display manager. I can run vncserver by hand, after I create an xstartup file that starts gnome-session. This will work. xinetd appears to start Xvnc directly which doesn’t start the dm. How can I enable VNC without having to manually start the server by using vncserver?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Automatic\_Reply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Automatic\_Reply](https://forums.suse.com/u/Automatic_Reply)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xvnc-doesnt-start-gnome-session/28182/2 "2016-05-23T07:30:16Z")

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