[help] centos 7 server issues ,can't show GUI

Degen

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I have trouble showing my GUI on a centos 7 client,

I have installed Gnome desktop
when I typ
Code:
# ls

You can see that it has created a desktop etc.

I have xming configured correctly ( following these steps)

Yet I can't display either the desktop on start up
nor
xclock /xeyes.
 
# xstart error
Code:
xauth:  file /root/.serverauth.5814 does not exist


X.Org X Server 1.20.1
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System:  3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux ip244.ip-149-56-173.net 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 14 21:24:32 UTC 2019 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/centos-root ro crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=centos/root rd.lvm.lv=centos/swap rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Build Date: 14 March 2019  10:37:36AM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.20.1-5.3.el7_6
Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun Jun  2 14:08:46 2019
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
vesa: Ignoring device with a bound kernel driver
^C^Cxinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down ^C(II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

xinit: unexpected signal 2
 
The missing serverauth file message is a red-herring.
It'sbeen showing up from a startx like that for years.

As for which addresses to add...
startwith any that show up from
Code:
# ip addr list | grep inet
Don't forget the ipv6 link-local ones starting with FE80:
Another thing you may want to try is doing an xauth list after you've logged in to X, and look for any addresses that show up as numbers rather than names.
 
The missing serverauth file message is a red-herring.
It'sbeen showing up from a startx like that for years.

As for which addresses to add...
startwith any that show up from
Code:
# ip addr list | grep inet
Don't forget the ipv6 link-local ones starting with FE80:
Another thing you may want to try is doing an xauth list after you've logged in to X, and look for any addresses that show up as numbers rather than names.
Doesn't work. Can open Firefox browser but I really need an interactable GUI.
 
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