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Leythos

2005-03-08, 7:45 am

Well, I've beat my head against the proverbial wall for a week now and
can't seem to figure it out.

I'm trying to connect to my FC3 box and see the gnome desktop that I am
typing from right now through VNC from a Windows box also running VNC.

When I connect I get a little text box in the upper left and I can issue
command line commands, but I don't get the desktop like I would if I were
doing a windows<>windows VNC connection.

Could anyone using VNC/Gnome post their config file so that I might see
where I'm going wrong here?

Thanks.

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John Hobson

2005-03-08, 5:45 pm

Leythos wrote:
> Well, I've beat my head against the proverbial wall for a week now and
> can't seem to figure it out.
>
> I'm trying to connect to my FC3 box and see the gnome desktop that I am
> typing from right now through VNC from a Windows box also running VNC.
>
> When I connect I get a little text box in the upper left and I can issue
> command line commands, but I don't get the desktop like I would if I were
> doing a windows<>windows VNC connection.
>
> Could anyone using VNC/Gnome post their config file so that I might see
> where I'm going wrong here?
>
> Thanks.
>


You need to edit the file xstartup which is in $HOME/.vnc

The content should look something like:-

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

# [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb
$HOME/.Xresources # xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic
& # xterm
-geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
# twm &

John Hobson

2005-03-08, 5:45 pm

John Hobson wrote:
> Leythos wrote:
>
>
> You need to edit the file xstartup which is in $HOME/.vnc
>
> The content should look something like:-
>
> # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: unset
> SESSION_MANAGER exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> # [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb
> $HOME/.Xresources # xsetroot -solid grey
> vncconfig -iconic
> & # xterm
> -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & # twm &



Sorry, that got a bit scrambled. Should be:-

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:

unset SESSION_MANAGER

exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc


# [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources

# xsetroot -solid grey

vncconfig -iconic &

# xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &

# twm &
Leythos

2005-03-08, 5:45 pm

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:35:03 +0000, John Hobson wrote:

> John Hobson wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, that got a bit scrambled. Should be:-
>
> # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
>
> unset SESSION_MANAGER
>
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
>
> # [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
>
> # xsetroot -solid grey
>
> vncconfig -iconic &
>
> # xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
>
> # twm &


I owe you a big one, or at least a cold beer - that was perfect, I managed
to unscramble it and get it working, now I can access my FC3 desktop no
matter what part of the network I'm sitting it/at.

Thanks a lot!


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Leythos

2005-03-08, 5:45 pm

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:35:03 +0000, John Hobson wrote:
>
> Sorry, that got a bit scrambled. Should be:-
>
> # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
>
> unset SESSION_MANAGER
>
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
>
> # [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
>
> # xsetroot -solid grey
>
> vncconfig -iconic &
>
> # xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
>
> # twm &


This is soooooo great. I don't use my XP box anymore for Usenet since it
was a pain trying to keep the two sync'd with duplicated groups, not I can
just VPN into the network, VNC into the FC3 box, and then use PAN without
any problem.

Thanks again.

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