On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:50:12AM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > fred smith wrote: > >I'm trying to use VNC to connect my home Centos box (up to date centos 5) > >to my Centos 4 (also up to date) at work. I have no problem connecting. > >The problem occurs after logging in, for every applet in the bottom Gnome > >panel I get an error box from which I can choose to remove the applet > >from the panel, or just go on. I choose to not delete but to just go on. > >After I get a half dozen or so of those, the desktop is fully drawn, > >except the bottom panel is completely empty. no desktop switcher, or > >anything else. > > > >I've googled and looked in centos forums and realvnc FAQs and don't > >find any reference to such a problem. > > > >Clues would be appreciated! > > > >Here's the text from that dialog: > > > > The panel encountered a problem while loading > > "OAFIID:GNOME_howDesktopApplet". > > Details: Failed to resolve, or extend > > '!prefs_key=/apps/panel/applets/show_desktop_button/ > > Prefs;background=none:;orient=up;size=x-small;locked_down=false > > > > Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration? > > > >and I get that once for each applet. > > > >here's the ~/.vnc/xstartup file from the server: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: > > unset SESSION_MANAGER > > exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > > > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > > xsetroot -solid grey > > vncconfig -iconic & > > xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & > > twm & > Replace that last line with: > > exec gnome-session &
Robert:
Thanks for the reply.
I'll give that a try, but I don't see how it will change anything... note
the line earlier that says:
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
which should terminate the execution of this script.
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