Karen, The xstartup script is run whenever you start a new VNC desktop with the vncserver command, and simply lists the set of programs to run in the new desktop. There is nothing more to it than that.
If you want to run Gnome rather than the twm window manager, just replace the "twm" command with the command to start Gnome (which is usually gnome-session). Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of listbox > Sent: 20 August 2005 05:18 > To: John Aldrich; [email protected] > Subject: Re: unusable black box > > > I'm still getting the same old crapy black screen. This has > ***got*** be a > bug let me tell you. > > BTW, this is the default xstartup script (which looks nothing > like yours) > that I get when starting vncserver when no xstartup file is > present in the > /home/user/.vnc folder: > > #!/bin/sh > > # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: > # unset SESSION_MANAGER > # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > xsetroot -solid grey > vncconfig -iconic & > xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" > & twm & #xstartup end > > When I use this rank default xstartup script I get an almost > equally useless > green box with a cli. I would love to someday have a useable > - and reliable > gnome desktop and not a waste of screen real-estate. > > Any other ideas? Perhaps a more reliable way to situate the > xstartup script > so that I can use gnome? > > Thanks, > > Karen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'listbox'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:48 PM > Subject: RE: unusable black box > > > > I'm just using the default: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > # Red Hat Linux VNC session startup script > > exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > xstartup (END) > > > > > > 'Course, I also have a script that I wrote to help get the session > > running the way I like it... vncserver -depth 16bpp > -geometry 1024x768 > > -nevershared -localhost > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: listbox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:38 PM > > To: John Aldrich; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: unusable black box > > > > > > Hi, here is my xstartup file: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: vncconfig > > -nowin unset SESSION_MANAGER > > exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > > > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > > xsetroot -solid grey > > vncconfig -iconic & > > xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & twm & > > > > Everything else is stock. What does your xstartup file look like? > > > > Karen > > http://scootgirl.com/ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'listbox'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James Weatherall" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:46 AM > > Subject: RE: unusable black box > > > > > >>I am running Fedora Core 3 and do not have that problem myself, even > >>though > >> I use a script with a similar command to kill my VNC > server. I can stop > >> and > >> restart my VNC server as frequently as I like, and not > have a problem. > >> Maybe > >> a configuration error, but not a bug with VNC or Fedora as > best I can > >> tell. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Behalf Of listbox > > [snip] > >> Hi James, > >> > >> I stop the vncserver like this: > >> > >> vncserver -kill :1 > >> > >> and then when I restart vncserver I get the fun (not) > black box. What > >> makes this odd though is it's not every time but enough to > get highly > >> annoying. > >> > >> This has got to be a bug with VNC or FCx, or both, > considering I had > >> the identical problem with FC3. > >> > >> Karen > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "James Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> [snip] > >>> Karen, > >>> That looks like what you'll get if you log out of KDE or > Gnome, but > >>> don't > >>> in > >>> fact kill your VNC server at all. How are you killing > the VNC server? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [snip] > >>>> Hi list, > >>>> ever since I've started using Fedora core 3 (and now > Core 4), I've > >>>> had this frustrating issue with VNC. Every time I need > to kill the > >>>> vncserver, when I > >>>> restart it I get this crazy unusable black box with an "X" > >>>> for a cursor > >>>> (ala: http://tinypic.com/adyuxl.png ) > >>>> > >>>> My "work-around" has been to delete the .vnc/ directory > and start > >>>> anew which is a pain in the butt let me tell you! > >>>> > >>>> So why is this happening? It never happened on BSD, so > why now on > >>>> FC4? > >>>> > >>>> Please help! > >>>> > >>>> Karen > >> [snip] > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
