The other option here is to remote the :0 console. This will allow you to directly control the desktop of the linux machine and eliminate problems if you alternate between logging on locally and remotely.
instructions for setting up this can be found here: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.html --Angelo On 7/5/05, Angus Veitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wa-hey! It worked! > All I had to do was replace "twm" with "startkde" in the > /.vnc/xstartup file, as you suggested. > Thanks James!!!! > Angus. > James Weatherall wrote: > > 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
