In regards to running VNC with KDE or gnome you will probably run into
problems with the newer versions of those window managers.
As i understand it (i could be wrong on this:-) they both require XFree4.0
or later and VNC's xserver (XVNC) is not compatable with them. When i setup
VNC on my home lan and tried using KDE2.0 i began generating a huge amount
of XSession errors. I switched to using icewm and everything is working fine
now.
To change VNC from its default of twm switch to the hidden .vnc directory in
the users directory that is running the vncserver (in my case
"/home/fireman/.vnc"). There will be a file named xstartup.
Open that file with your favorite editor and comment out the twm line by
putting a # at the beginning of it then enter a new line that says "exec
starticewm" (in my case) without the quotes.
If you are using pre-2.x KDE then you should have no problems with it
running over VNC, at least i didnt.
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Lucas
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 4:01 PM
To: Linux Newbie
Subject: Re: [newbie] Remote Running
Terry,
Thanks for this, it's fantastic! I can control any machine on my network as
though I were sat right in front of it!
One question. When I log into my Linux server all I get is a grey screen. Do
I need to tell VNC somewhere to start KDE/Gnome when I log in? If so how do
I do it?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mark Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Remote Running
> On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:19, you wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a program that will enable me to run KDE (or
similar)
> > over my network (TCP/IP) in a window on a W2K machine? I can run Linux
> > command prompt over SSH very succesfully but can't seem to run X over
SSH.
> >
> > Mark
>
> Check out VNC. You can control virtually any OS with any other OS, and
even
> within a web browser.
>
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
> --
> Terry Sheltra
> PC Technician/Network Administrator
> University of Virginia
> School of Architecture
> 434.982.3047
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> Registered Linux User # 218330
>
