----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Breland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:28 PM Subject: Re: VNC on RH Linux stops local programs
> Well, since you are a self aknowledged "newbie", I will take say this > first. DON'T run as root. Really, I promise it is not that hard to run > as another user and just use the "su" command when you need to install > or configure something. I know that much. I am in as root as I am trying to play with other stuff, like mySQL. If I login as me (not root), then su, then start vncserver with the KDE, will I still get the same problem? or will the vnc session be root, which shouldn't affect me. > > Ok, now that that is out of the way. Edit the "xstartup" file in the > "~/.vnc/" directory. Sounds like you already have a line like "startkde > &". Comment this line out by putting a "#" in front of it. Now below > the startkde line, add a new line with "exec gnome-session & ". Kill > you existing vncserver with "vncserver -kill :1" assuming the existing > server is running on port 5901. Start up a new server and you should be > running gnome. OK, Kill didn't give me back my control. :-( Going for a reboot. I will try that for gnome. (I can't get gnome working on my Linux box though. Hopefully it should work through VNC). .... Just tried that. Didn't work. :-( Probably a corrupt gnome. I just got what looks like TWM. At least it didn't take my control away. Any ideas how I can make it so that VNC will autostart with linux, so that when I connect, I get the login box rather than the current user? This should get me around the problem I am having. Also, how can I make my remote screen bigger? My linux machine display is 1280, though what is coming through is about 1024. > > I highly recommend moving to RH 7.2 if possible as this will not only > fix your KDE problem per another post on this problem, but VNC is > installed by default. 6 months is a long time in the Linux world and 6.2 > was about 18 months ago. RH 7.2 is amazing. > Let me get my head around 6.2 first. Once I understand more of the way linux works, then I will start to really customise it. Thanks for your help so far. Regards Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To download your own free RevilloC mailserver, visit http://www.revilloc.com/mailserver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
