Lisa Beasley wrote:
>
> I have some experience with a Linux server at home, but very little with
> Xwindows. I have Redhat 6.1 with Gnome and KDE window mgrs installed. I
> start vncserver on the Linux box then try to connect using a windows 98
> machine. Viewer connects fine and shows "Root's desktop", sometimes there
Quick lesson on X. The root window you are seeing is not the "root"
user but a the RooT X window. most good GUI hide this from the user. TWM
tends to stick it in your face. Took me a while to figure that one out
till I started to dig around in X.
> is an xterm window, sometimes not, the mouse is working and left clicking
> brings up a quick menu. The FAQs indicate Xserver is using FVM or FWM
> (spelling??) by default but I don't think my server is using that. What
> command(s) do I put in the VNC startup script to load the Gnome or KDE
> desktop? When I have an xterm window, and I type "startx", the Xdesktop
> loads on the server and not my win98 connection. What do I need to do to
> fix this? Why does ROOT's desktop load and not my personal one.
>
> Thanks, Lisa Beasley
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