> -----Original Message----- > From: Jarod Masters [mailto:jrd_mstrs@;hotmail.com] > > I build the VNC server 3.3.3 under SCO Unix OpenServer 5.0.4. > When I start the server (in textmode) and connect to it with > the viewer > running on Debian Linux 2.4.18 or Win98, everything go's > smooth. I'm being > asked for a password and i get a prompt (#). Typing startx in > the client > results in an error saying i should start X on the server > machine. When I do that, I can have 3 scenario's:
Most systems are configured that `startx` starts the X11-server on the console. You can try to figure out which X11 server is started and replace that with a call to Xvnc. Add vnc-specific options in the configuration file and you might get things going. > > 1: X window shows on the server in stead of the client. That's the default: `startx` does that and nothing more than that. > > 2: X window asks me if I want to resume a previous session or > start a new > one (normal procedure) on the server machine, and continues > to load in the > client. If I start a terminal for example, there's no > titlebar so I can only > kill it with "exit". When I close X window (not the VNCserver) on the > client, my server keeps giving me the X background. There might be a slight misunderstanding here: The unix windows systems has more sub-parts: The X11 server: A standardized interface for you display. XF86 is such a thing on most linux distributions. Xvnc is the one supplied from vnc. Then there is the window manager: the application that provides the icing on the cake: The borders, the look an feel, the menu's and such. Between the X11-server and the window manager, there can be a display manager: that provides a login box and optionally a way to choose between window managers and such. > > 3: Everything runs smooth without any problems. > > Can this be a problem with buffering or something? Does the > connection need > to be in prompt-mode for a few minutes before starting X > through vnc? or does this have an other cause? > There are various ways to start the vnc server on a unix box: `vncserver` the script as provided with vnc. It uses stuff from the ~/.vnc directory. If it is not there it creates the stuff. In there you find a start script in which the windowmanager is started. (twm by default) Then you can use the setup as on http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp . This primary focusses on linux but every sysadmin should be able to translate the info to his own system. Most unix implementations only need to edit the /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf files. CBee _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
