>I put the line in but no change in the screen appearance...
Remove the "exec" and "twm" lines. The "exec" line is halting execution of
the script before it gets anywhere. twm is a very old window manager which
you probably don't want.
Also, you probably want to get rid of the xterm and replac
Jonathan:
Thanks for pointing something out:
Jonathan Morton wrote:
> exec startkde
I had it as just "kde" and nothing more...
It works great now...
Thanks.
Ed
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Ed Kasky
Los Angeles, CA
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"Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does."
- Josh Billings
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>I have a gut feeling that I am not using the correct file for this. Does
>it make a difference if I am using XFree86 4.0.3 with KDE??
I really wish Xvnc would use the same startup files as XFree86 does, then this kind of
thing wouldn't happen. Assuming you're using a Red Hat (or derivative)
Jeff -
>The screen refreshed quickly - but all I get is 5 windows that look like
> >term windows:
> >1 labeled desktop
> >2 labeled xterm
> >1 labeled login
> >and 1 Xclock.
>I'm willing to bet that these came from /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
It seems so. I looked at the file and it does load xterm
Ed Kasky writes:
>>#!/bin/sh
>>exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc &
>>xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
>>xsetroot -solid grey
>>xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
>>twm
>>kde
I am not the worlds greatest X nerd, but it seems odd to me that you are
trying to run twm and kde at the same
CTED]>@uk.research.att.com on 24/04/2001 17:25:28
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>I am new with VNC so bear with
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Subject: linux desktop not displaying
I am new with VNC so bear with me on this. (And yes, I have read the docs
and searched the archives.)
Server machine is running Mandrake 7.2 , Xfree86 / KDE desktop
When viewing at first, all I got was the xterm. I edited ~/.vnc/
I am new with VNC so bear with me on this. (And yes, I have read the docs
and searched the archives.)
Server machine is running Mandrake 7.2 , Xfree86 / KDE desktop
When viewing at first, all I got was the xterm. I edited ~/.vnc/xstartup
to read:
#!/bin/sh
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc &
xrdb
