Help with VNCSERVER please

themrrobert · 12-16-2008, 03:28 PM

I have just installed a fresh barebones debian etch.

I installed xorg, vncserver & all dependencies with aptitude as well as xfce4. I have looked all over the internet for help, but when i connect, all i get is a grey screen. I have edited ~/.vnc/xstartup and i must not be doing it right, rather than post what i have, please tell me what i need to get it working. where do i put the startup lines, and what lines do they need to be ? i'm guessing startxfce4 and xfce4-session but nothing seems to work.

please help ^_^

tredegar · 12-16-2008, 05:35 PM

Quote:

I have edited ~/.vnc/xstartup and i must not be doing it right, rather than post what i have, please tell me what i need to get it working. where do i put the startup lines, and what lines do they need to be ?

Well, why haven't you bothered to "post what you have" in ~/.vnc/xstartup?

There you have to start whatever window-manager you wish to run.
My ~/.vnc/xstartup looks like this, because I prefer KDE:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startkde &

It works perfectly.

Emtee_CZ · 02-14-2009, 09:55 PM

Dear boys !
I try to edit vnc config file as I show here:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startkde &

... but it is not effective after VNC restart.

I try many of known configs , but if I connect to our Linux server , only Xwindow with terminal is VNC window.
If I write to terminal "startkde" , KDE is started correctly.
Please, do you any know, what is wrong-defined , what is problem - can I fix it anyway ???
Thanx for your tips.