I have a similar issue. I believe it is an error in the creation of ~/.vnc/xstartup
It starts with: #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: # unset SESSION_MANAGER # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc The problem is the exec. According to the sh man page: "the shell process is replaced with the specified program (which must be a real program, not a shell builtin or function)" and xinitrc is a shell script. Removing the #'s and replacing exec with "." (I believe it must be in col #1) solve the problem for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506160 Title: xstartup apps not run when starting vnc server -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
