On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 16:42, Jim Cornette wrote: > It's interesting that the vncserver would cause this sort of problem. > The only guess I would have is that the file that is open from the > vncserver is not available for use with your local machine.since it is > currently being used by the vncserver. > > Have you tried the opposite way, start the local GUI, then launch a vnc > session? > > No help, just intrigued by the effects of the problem. > > Jim > > -- > Ha. For once you're both wrong but not where you are thinking. > > - Larry McVoy to Linus Torvalds on linux-kernel Just tried it: my local GUI is normal, and the vnc session gets the 'mysteriously changed' version. I assume that one instance of gnome locks some config files, and in the absence of those files the other gnome instance uses defaults of some kind. Anyway, it's not really a problem as I can't see that in real use I'd be that likely to be logged on locally and remotely at the same time. CB.
