Harry, I was having a similar problem. Using exec gnome-session worked for me. It told me it could not find .Xresource but it ran anyway and gnome desktop took off as soon as I logged in.
Larry On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 14:01, Harry Henderson wrote: > Greg - Thank you for the password comment, that was easy enough. > > Lincoln & Greg - both of you suggested "exec gnome-session", so I had my > hopes up, but still no luck. > > > So the problem persists. I am seeing a slew of "gdk" and "imlib" errors in > the log file. I'm thinking they're likely related to the problem I'm > seeing, but I'm having trouble tracking it down still. In the attachment > is the same picture as before, as well as my xstartup and a log file of a > single session of vncserver, with one client connection and disconnection. > > So my questions I suppose are, > 1. Is it at all odd that my primary (non-root) user 'harry349' did not > have a .Xresource file in $HOME ? Is it reasonable to have copied it over > from root's home folder? > > 2. Any ideas what might be causing the gdk/imlib errors and/or the panel > issues and inability to display my desktop and launch applications? > > Thanks again. > Harry > > > >Hello all, I have used the Windows version of the VNC server & viewer with > >no problems. I am new to the linux version. I have some linux > >experience, but am not an expert. Hopefully these issues have been seen > >before and are easily solvable, I am using RedHat 7.2, and vnc components > >v3.3.3r2-18. > > > >I can connect with the default script which shows the "twm" window > >manager. Many of my programs will not run properly, however. Netscape, > >along with a few other programs I tried running, seg faults. So I tried > >to get it set up to run gnome from xstartup. > > > >1. I looked at xstartup, and the log file, and saw that xrdb was looking > >for .Xresource in the current user's home directory. I noticed in the log > >that it was saying it couldn't find "xrdb" or ".Xresource". xrdb is in my > >path, but .Xresource was not in my home directory. I copied it from > >root's home folder, and those error messages went away, but it is still > >not behaving. > > > >2. Why does it only work with my root password, even when 'harry349' ran > >vncserver? I changed the /tmp/.X11-unix permissions as suggested in FAQ, > >with no change in behavior. > > > >3. Panel issues - This is the crux of my problem. I've tried various > >xstartup files, the simplest doing nothing but > > > >gnome-session & > > > >and I also tried with the xrdb stuff before the gnome-session &. I read > >to use the "gnome-session &" to start gnome elsewhere on the net, but this > >could be the problem. Using gnome-session alone at the console does not > >work; I use "startx". But "startx" seems to reference display 0 directly, > >and does not work properly if I put it in xstartup. > > > >At any rate, it starts gnome, but runs into problems when starting "The > >Panel". See attached JPG, where there are 10 copies displayed in the > >items being launched, and the error message displayed. Once I click > >either Yes or No on that box a few times, the splash screen goes away, but > >the panel never displays and I am left with an entirely blank blue > >screen. Middle-clicking is the only thing I can do, and it brings up my > >application menu. I can select anything in it like Netscape or other > >programs that run fine on the console, and they simply seem to do nothing. > > > >I'm going to shut up for now, as inevitably I will leave out pertinent > >information that anyone who is willing to try to help will have to ask for > >me to find. Please help if you can, I greatly appreciate it, thanks! > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
