Hi Jeremy, > Stopping iptables using the command suggested allowed me to log in! > But the only window I had was a terminal window and it didn't look > anything like the desktop looks like. Isn't this what VNC is supposed > to do is make it so I have the desktop remotely? in the homedir of the user whom you are running vnc as, there's a .vnc directory and a file called startup (at least on Red Hat it is called so). In this file you can determine, which windowmanager should start. Here's my xstartup (it's a Red Hat ES 3.0 but should be similar on Fedora) that starts the default gnome-session: --- #!/bin/sh # 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 & --- -volker
