Your instruction is right on the dot..a weeks head-ache vanished in couple of seconds. (exact problem).
Thanks. Greg. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Breland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:42 AM Subject: Re: likely to be stupid, but ... > What you are seeing is the default desktop for the VNC Server, TWM. You > are probably used to using KDE or Gnome, so here is how to change it: > > 1) Edit ~/.vnc/xstartup > 2) For KDE, replace "twm &" with "startkde &" > 3) For Gnome, replace "twm &" with "exec gnome-session &" > 4) Kill any existing VNC servers with "vncserver -kill :xxx" where xxx > is the display number. > 5) Start a new server. > > Greg > > > > On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 10:13, Christophe Le Cannellier wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I used VNC long ago, and in my memory it ran like a charm. Today, to face an > > emergencey, I installed a server onto a Linux box (installed okay, starts > > okay), and I tried to get a client working from a XP system. I am indeed > > prompted for the password I configured, and a display shows up, but theres > > nothing inside, but the regular grey background, plus the large X prompt, > > which moves all right with the mouse. No application windows, no nothing. > > Thinking of a problem with XP, I decided to run the client on the machine > > where the servers runs (Linux) : same stuff > > I might be an RTFM issue, but I tried to read and couldnt guess a hint, and > > Im desperate because I need it badly now, so I wont spend my night on > > site any help *please* ??? > > Also do CC reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Thanks a 10**6 in advance > > > > Christophe > > > > [demime 0.99c.8 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] > > > > [demime 0.99c.8 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.377 / Virus Database: 211 - Release Date: 7/15/2002 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
