I am using realvnc and this is what my xstartup file looks like

#!/bin/sh
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
echo exec gnome-session &

Currently I keep getting twm not gnome, what else do I have to do.

I also get a few errors in my log file when i start a vnc session, something about a security policy not in the right path as well as some fonts not in the right path.

"error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy"

"could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list"

"gnome-session: your're already running a seesion manager"

So, i guess my big question is what do i have to do to my xstartup file to get twm to stop running and get another gnome session going when i remote in over VNC, please help!

--AngryKeebler

All you seem to be doing is echoing the text "exec gnome-session". Try removing "echo". You will need to stop and restart the vncserver for the change to take effect.

"gnome-session: your're already running a seesion manager"

This is caused by . You can only have one of those running at a time.

This isn't quite the right statement. I don't know the correct statement though. I'm having a similar problem with KDE.

Probably too late now, but try the following:

Have your ~/.vnc/xstartup contain only the following lines:

#!/bin/sh

unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

comment out all others and see what happens. This worked for me although I do get an error when starting vncviewer for the firsttime on my XP client; gnome still loads correctly.

Hope this helps.

p.n