Thank you CBee! The instructions you mentioned at http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp are awesome, and all works great now. One important note (and this may be related to the problems I was initially having) is that for the above method to work, you need to set initdefault in inittab to "5". I had it at "3" because I prefer the console login, but it is a small price to pay for such a cool interface to vnc!
harry349 At 10:14 AM 7/15/2002 +0200, you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harry Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 6:21 AM > > > > 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. > > > >Somehow I have the impression you are helped with a setup like on >http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/ or even better >http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp > >The first (xf4vnc) gives a M$Windows like vncserver on linux: you can take >over the console. It uses the vncpassword for root but this can be >customized. > >The second one creates a great multiple vncserver solution for several users >at any time: vncservers are started (and stopped) on the fly: as users >connect (and stop the viewer). This does not use any vnc passwords (by >default) but it uses the unix login as on the console. > >Both setups don't use the ~/.vnc/xstartup but use the systems default way to >start the windowmanager. They can co-exist with the default vnc setup. > > >CBee >_______________________________________________ >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
