KDE and Gnome both dislike running two sessions for the same user. I know from personal experience that KDE doesn't like it and unless something has changed with Gnome recently, from what I've read it also dislikes running two sessions for the same user.
-----Original Message----- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:54 AM To: 'Angus Veitch'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Linux to WinXP: Only Console Displaying Angus, You probably want to replace "twm" with "startkde". If you still see problems, ensure that you're not also logged in on the console of the Linux system with KDE - off the top of my head, I can't remember whether KDE refuses to run two sessions on the same machine for the same user, or whether that's only a Gnome problem. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Angus Veitch > Sent: 05 July 2005 12:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Linux to WinXP: Only Console Displaying > > OK, I know this issue has been raised before, and that I probably > shouldn't have to raise it again, but here goes . . . > > I'm using VNC between Windows XP and Linux (Mepis). I can get the XP > desktop to appear properly on Linux, but at the XP end, all I > can get is > the Linux console with a grey background. After reading about a few > similar problems in the mailing list archives and elsewhere, > I tinkered > with the xstartup and .xinitrc files. Specifically, I replaced the > 'twm' entry with 'kdm' in xstartup, and in .xinitrc I added > an entry for > startkde, as well as something else that I can't remember > right now (I > removed the line). Nothing so far has worked. > > I really want to get this to work. Can anyone suggest some > steps that I > should try? By the way, I am a complete newbie, so please > assume that I > know next to nothing about Linux! > > Cheers, > Angus. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
