did you noticed this message when starting vnc? /home/user # qchroot /home/user/mydocs/bt5/bt5.img /mnt/bt5/ ..stripping trailing slash... Mounting... Using image file: /home/user/mydocs/bt5/bt5.img fs type is img don't know img: Using ext2 file system using ext2 file system mounting /home/user/mydocs/bt5/bt5.img on loop .../home/user/mydocs/bt5/bt5.img mounted on loop0 . .. ... .... Mount: Mounting /var/run/pulse on /mnt/bt5/var/run/pulse failed: No such file or directory everything set up, running chroot... [root@chroot: /]export user=root [root@chroot: /]vncserver -geometry 800x470 perl: Warning: Setting locale failed. Perl: Warning: Please check that your locale settings: Language = (unset), lc_all = (unset), lc_paper = "en_us", lc_address = "en_us", lc_monetary = "en_us", lc_numeric = "en_us", lc_telephone = "en_us", lc_messages = "en_us", lc_identification = "en_us", lc_measurement = "en_us", lc_time = "en_us", lc_name = "en_us", lang = "en_us" are supported and installed on your system. Perl: Warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("c"). Xauth: (argv):1: Bad display name "mr_pingu:1" in "add" command new 'x' desktop is mr_pingu:1 starting applications specified in /home/user/.vnc/xstartup log file is /home/user/.vnc/mr_pingu:1.log