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centos 5.2, vnc, x



hi all.

i'm trying to get a gui on a remote server.  at the moment i'm living on 
ssh (which isn't so bad).  so i install vnc.  i'm able to connect but 
get a gray screen.  log says:

[quote]
  vncext:      VNC extension running!
  vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
  vncext:      Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
  vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/lib64/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing 
from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF, removing from 
list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing 
from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/CID/, removing 
from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing 
from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing 
from list!
localuser:eric being added to access control list
No profile for user 'eric' found
[/quote]

/usr/lib64/xserver/SecurityPolicy and the fonts do not exist even though 
i've done yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment".

what do ya think?

thanks,
eric c.






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