Ok, I changed the file as you have down and restarted vnc but when I log in I get a screen that looks like it has a cris-cross weaving pattern on the screen. I can't right-click or left-click. Does it matter if I am logged in on the Linux box and in KDE or does this not have an effect on vnc?
Thanks for your help. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 8, 2002 11:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question on viewing the desktop #!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & kde & actually, ( kde ; killall Xvnc ) & starts kde and then kills the X session if you log out of kde. > Ok, found the file. Sorry about that I'm still kind of new. > > Here's what the file contained: > #!/bin/sh > > xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > xsetroot -solid grey > xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & twm & > > > How would I get this to load KDE? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Miller > Sent: April 8, 2002 2:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Question on viewing the desktop > > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Mithrilhall2000 wrote: > > > Where do you find "~/.vnc/xstartup"? I have looked but cannot find > > it. > > Are you a unix person? '~' is your home directory. Try this: > > cd ~ > cd .vnc > ls > > do you see xstartup? > > Should see it this way too: > > ls ~/.vnc/xstartup > > Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Beerse, > > Corni > > Sent: April 8, 2002 2:12 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: Question on viewing the desktop > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > When I start vncviewer from Windows XP and connect to my Mandrake > > > 8.1 box I get the grey screen with the X as well as a shell window > > > open. How can I get the desktop to open inplace of the shell window? > > > > THE desktop of the console cannot be captured (with vnc). There are > > 2 > > general routes to get a desktop on your vncviewer window: > > > > Edit ~/.vnc/xstartup to start a window manager. By default `twm` is > > started, this can be changed to any other window manager or desktop > > manager. > > > > The other option is to setup a vnc-login construction as on > > http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp. This will give > > > you about the same session as at the console. > > > > Success > > CBee > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mithrilhall > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > > > - > > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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