OK, I found out what I did wrong. I started the vncserver as root, so my xstartup file is located in /root/.vnc.
But my xstartup differs from yours.
I don't have these lines:
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
When I try to add those lines, the vncserver won't even start up.
So I started a vnc session with the standard xstartup (bash on gray background) and entered this:
startkde&
The gray background color changed to the KDE blue and the Fedora startup animation appeared.
But after some minutes, the animation disappeared and the console said this:
Dry Run Mode: running im without imsettings
Startkde: starting up...
At this point the program freezes (I can cancel it by pressing Ctrl + C).
It's the same thing when I add "startkde&" to my xstartup file...
What's wrong here?
Thanks for your help!
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:19 PM
To: Philip Seeger
Subject: Re: TightVNC Server
On 8 Aug 2009 at 15:47, Philip Seeger wrote:
From: "Philip Seeger"<philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Michael D. Setzer II'"<mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: TightVNC Server
Date sent: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:47:32 +0200
"Then I edit the xstartup file and uncomment the two lines."
I don't know if that's a dumb question, but i can't find a xstartup file?
I tried cd /home/USER/.vnc
And ls xstartup -> No such file or directory
Why is that??
First, Is USER the id of the user that you are running vncserver on?
In my case it is.
/home/msetzerii/.vnc
Here is the contents of my xstartup.
#!/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&
The man vncserver discusses these files.
man vncserver should show the whole file, but here are the lines in
reference.
Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc:
$HOME/.vnc/xstartup
A shell script specifying X applications to be run when a VNC
desktop is started. If this file does not exist, then vncserver
will create a default xstartup script which attempts to launch
your chosen window manager.
$HOME/.vnc/passwd
The VNC password file.
http://www.tigervnc.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:21 PM
To: Philip Seeger; Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora.
Subject: Re: TightVNC Server
-----
The Desktop sharing was using something called VINO on Fedora 10,
haven't looked at what Fedora 11 does with that. I use the regular vncserver.
Logged in as the user I run vncserver :port (colon port).
Example: vncserver :50
That would load a vncserver session using port 5950
The first time it will prompt for a password for the vnc, and will create the .vnc
directory and the xstartup file.
Then I edit the xstartup file and uncomment the two lines.
Then I have to kill the vncserver, and run it again to have the correct desktop
connect.
I then edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file to start the vncserver session on
startup for that user on that port..
Also have to set the server to start under services.
Then the session is automatcially started on boot up, and I can log into the
machine using vncviewer IPaddress:port
.
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael D. Setzer II
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:22 PM
To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora.
Subject: Re: TightVNC Server
-----
You probable need to look at the xstartup file in the .vnc (period vnc)
directory in the users home directory. The file has a statement that you need
to uncomment two lines to get the normal screen? Don't know why that isn't
the default.
The Fedora has changed to another vnc program that can be loaded by yum
install vncserver, and that is what I setup on my Fedora 11 systems.
What do I have to do to see a copy of the screen (as I would see it if I’d connect a
monitor to the Fedora machine)?
Please make it easy, I’m new to Linux… :D
Thanks for any help…
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