Re: vncserver for non-gnome desktops
Bug 1626255 filed on the SELinux problem. On 09/06/2018 04:54 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 09/06/2018 03:56 PM, Gavin Flower wrote: On 07/09/2018 01:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am working with Fedora29 on arm, but this is really a long time issue that needs to be addressed. The ~/.vnc/xstartup file created by vncserver is for gnome. It does not work for other desktop environments. There is no documentation (that I have found) on what should be in xstartup for, say Xfce (that I use). Googling comes up with different recommendations for other repos and it is confusing what to use. Minimally, the xstartup should have commented lines for other desktops and to indicate that the default is for gnome. I can put up a bug report on this to ask for this 'enhancement'. And if anyone can give me the proper xstartup content for Xfce, I would appreciate it. thanks [...] Even if huge numbers of people had not fled GNOME, once GNOME 3 for foisted on us, I would still think that Robert's complaint & suggestion are valid. I am into my system via vncclient. As mentioned, I had to fix the SELinux policy. In ~/.vnc/xstartup I have: unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc exec /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc xrdb $HOME/.Xresources startxfce4 & There are a number of error messages in the log, like: (xfce4-panel:26670): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:44:00.497: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to underallocate PanelItembar's child PanelPluginExternalWrapper 0x1ce6238. Allocation is 98x30, but minimum required size is 98x32. (xfce4-panel:26670): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:45:00.439: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to underallocate PanelItembar's child PanelPluginExternalWrapper 0x1ce6238. Allocation is 98x30, but minimum required size is 98x32. (xfce4-panel:26670): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:46:00.439: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to underallocate PanelItembar's child PanelPluginExternalWrapper 0x1ce6238. Allocation is 98x30, but minimum required size is 98x32. But vnc connected. I did get a Xfce Policy Kit error on connecting. Whatever that is... I will do additional testing per any recommendations here or the users list. Otherwise, it works well enough for me that I go on to the next task. But I wonder if it works well enough for general release? ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: vncserver for non-gnome desktops
On 09/06/2018 03:56 PM, Gavin Flower wrote: On 07/09/2018 01:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am working with Fedora29 on arm, but this is really a long time issue that needs to be addressed. The ~/.vnc/xstartup file created by vncserver is for gnome. It does not work for other desktop environments. There is no documentation (that I have found) on what should be in xstartup for, say Xfce (that I use). Googling comes up with different recommendations for other repos and it is confusing what to use. Minimally, the xstartup should have commented lines for other desktops and to indicate that the default is for gnome. I can put up a bug report on this to ask for this 'enhancement'. And if anyone can give me the proper xstartup content for Xfce, I would appreciate it. thanks [...] Even if huge numbers of people had not fled GNOME, once GNOME 3 for foisted on us, I would still think that Robert's complaint & suggestion are valid. I am into my system via vncclient. As mentioned, I had to fix the SELinux policy. In ~/.vnc/xstartup I have: unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc exec /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc xrdb $HOME/.Xresources startxfce4 & There are a number of error messages in the log, like: (xfce4-panel:26670): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:44:00.497: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to underallocate PanelItembar's child PanelPluginExternalWrapper 0x1ce6238. Allocation is 98x30, but minimum required size is 98x32. (xfce4-panel:26670): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:45:00.439: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to underallocate PanelItembar's child PanelPluginExternalWrapper 0x1ce6238. Allocation is 98x30, but minimum required size is 98x32. (xfce4-panel:26670): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:46:00.439: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to underallocate PanelItembar's child PanelPluginExternalWrapper 0x1ce6238. Allocation is 98x30, but minimum required size is 98x32. But vnc connected. I did get a Xfce Policy Kit error on connecting. Whatever that is... I will do additional testing per any recommendations here or the users list. Otherwise, it works well enough for me that I go on to the next task. But I wonder if it works well enough for general release? ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: vncserver for non-gnome desktops
On 07/09/2018 01:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am working with Fedora29 on arm, but this is really a long time issue that needs to be addressed. The ~/.vnc/xstartup file created by vncserver is for gnome. It does not work for other desktop environments. There is no documentation (that I have found) on what should be in xstartup for, say Xfce (that I use). Googling comes up with different recommendations for other repos and it is confusing what to use. Minimally, the xstartup should have commented lines for other desktops and to indicate that the default is for gnome. I can put up a bug report on this to ask for this 'enhancement'. And if anyone can give me the proper xstartup content for Xfce, I would appreciate it. thanks [...] Even if huge numbers of people had not fled GNOME, once GNOME 3 for foisted on us, I would still think that Robert's complaint & suggestion are valid. Cheer, Gavin ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org
vncserver for non-gnome desktops
I am working with Fedora29 on arm, but this is really a long time issue that needs to be addressed. The ~/.vnc/xstartup file created by vncserver is for gnome. It does not work for other desktop environments. There is no documentation (that I have found) on what should be in xstartup for, say Xfce (that I use). Googling comes up with different recommendations for other repos and it is confusing what to use. Minimally, the xstartup should have commented lines for other desktops and to indicate that the default is for gnome. I can put up a bug report on this to ask for this 'enhancement'. And if anyone can give me the proper xstartup content for Xfce, I would appreciate it. thanks ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org
