diff --git a/xCAT-client/share/xcat/rvid/rvid.kvm b/xCAT-client/share/xcat/rvid/rvid.kvm
index 61853f4b5..1c7317e1e 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/share/xcat/rvid/rvid.kvm
+++ b/xCAT-client/share/xcat/rvid/rvid.kvm
@@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ if [ $rvid_vidproto = "vnc" ];then
 	export VNC_VIA_CMD='/usr/bin/ssh -o BatchMode=yes -f -L "$L":"$H":"$R" "$G" sleep 20'
 	(
 	    flock 200
-	    echo -e "$rvid_password\n$rvid_password"|vncpasswd /tmp/rvidpass.$$ > /dev/null
-	    #echo $rvid_password|vncviewer :$myport -via $rvid_server AutoSelect=0 FullColor=1 passwdInput=1 >& /dev/null &
-	    vncviewer $rvid_server:$myport AutoSelect=0 FullColor=1 passwd=/tmp/rvidpass.$$ >& /dev/null &
+            #tightvnc is used for suse, but tigervnc is used for rh
+            istigervnc=`vncviewer -help 2>&1 | grep -i tigervnc`
+            if [ "x$istigervnc" == "x" ]; then
+              vncpasswd.arg /tmp/rvidpass.$$ $rvid_password > /dev/null
+              vncviewer $rvid_server:$myport -passwd /tmp/rvidpass.$$ >& /dev/null &
+            else
+              echo -e "$rvid_password\n$rvid_password"|vncpasswd /tmp/rvidpass.$$ > /dev/null
+              #echo $rvid_password|vncviewer :$myport -via $rvid_server AutoSelect=0 FullColor=1 passwdInput=1 >& /dev/null &
+              vncviewer $rvid_server:$myport AutoSelect=0 FullColor=1 passwd=/tmp/rvidpass.$$ >& /dev/null &
+            fi
     sleep 2.0
     flock -u 200
     rm /tmp/rvidpass.$$