Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 11/29/2009 05:57:07 PM:
> Mike Myers <[email protected]> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > 11/29/2009 05:57 PM > > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > To > > [email protected] > > cc > > Subject > > Re: Getting Started with zLinux > > Justin: > > OK, I got vnc installed and it's sort of working. I say "sort of" since > it gives me a window, but the window doesn't offer much more than what I > got when I used ssh to access the zlinux system. The window contains a > normal prompt and lets me enter commands, but it just acts like a > terminal window. What I am looking for is a desktop environment like I > get when I login to my Ubuntu linux system, one with an action bar thet > gives me pull-downs from which I can open applications that will also > run in windows. Am I expecting too much when I am looking for one > Linux's "worksation" interface (like zLinux's) to look roughly like > another's (Ubuntu Linux, Knoppix Linux, or any of the other Linux > distros I have used)? > > Is there some way that you can get such a desktop as a zLinux logged-in > user? > > Mike Myers Mike, You need to update ~/.vnc/xstartup to use your favorite window manager. You might be able to use what is on your Ubuntu system. Otherwise, this'll get you gnome: [hig...@fwsim2 ~]$ cat .vnc/xstartup #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: unset SESSION_MANAGER exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources exec gnome-session & You might need to install some additional packages too. Regards, Ray Higgs System z FCP Development Bld. 706, B24 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
