Simon, You might want to check out http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#grey
Specifically, VNC on UNIX doesn't do a "carbon copy", like it does on Windows. (The FAQ mentions a utility called "x0rfbserver" which purports to do this, but I haven't tried that out.) The default Xvnc just launches a new virtual Xserver. You can configure this launch whatever apps (or even a window manager if you like). This is not setup very well by default, hence the "grey" root window. What I have used is the -inetd switch (details on this can be found at http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~andre/extern/ixvnc.htm) This is very useful in that it basically makes your box act very much like a Windows Terminal/Citrix server, in that every time you connect you can log in as a normal user. If you set it up launch gdm or kdm or xdm (the display manager) you then log in and have a full Gnome/KDE session. You will need to setup you [gkx]dm to listen to the network for xdmcp requests. (xdmcp is a basic function of X that allows a host to advertise or accept requests of remote network sessions. This was mainly useful when your X terminal was "dumb". These days the X terminal is the Linux box itself and by default most distributions don't allow remote users to connect via X). If you get it working it is a very impressive demo of the "network computer" (especially when you can launch a Java VNC client from any old web browser and log straight into a new session) Martin Martin Visser ,CISSP Network and Security Consultant Technology & Infrastructure - Consulting & Integration HP Services 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone *: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile *: +61-411-254-513 Fax 7: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail * : martin.visserAThp.com -----Original Message----- From: Simon Bryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2003 8:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] VNC HI all, I am experimenting with using VNC to access the desktop on my LTSP server from my Windows laptop. I can connect OK but all I get is a plain grey screen and the mouse curosr, there was an app running when I clicked and dragged, I thnk it was iconmanager or something similar, however since I closed it, I don't even get that anymore. I have set the password and edited /etc/sysconfig/vncserver to create a session on my username and window 1. Any other clues appreciated ____________________ Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
