Your problem isn't with Gnome... You are using twm as your default window
manager... You can change it (as people already said) in your
${HOME}/.vnc/xstartup. Or you could start the service (service, not program)
vncserver for the entire box. Connecting to it will bring you to a login
screen, rather to your crude, barebone desktop...
If I am not mistaken, you can change twm for gnome-wm in your xstartup file
to bring up gnome.

Mauro
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Romanowski, John (OFT) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> try changing twm to mwm in the xstartup file.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> > Raymond Higgs
> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:55 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Getting Gnome to behave
> >
> > > That's when the fun starts - every window that opens starts as a
> > 'skeleton
> > > like grid' attached to the mouse pointer - wherever I left-click the
> > real
> > > window is placed.  This behavior is annoying and I can't figure out
> > how
> > to
> > > get it to behave as one would expect.   Much Googling hasn't
> > enlightened
> > me
> > > either.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me out here ??
> > >
> > > Bern - VK2KAD
> >
> > Edit ${HOME}/.vnc/xstartup to change your window manager.
> >
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