No GUI in VNC

xoise · 04-06-2009, 09:41 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to setup VNC on my virtual dedicated server. I installed vnc and vnc-server via yum on my Centos machine. I can connect remotely with my vnc client and enter my password, but once I enter my password, I just get a gray screen. I tried modifying /home/myuser/.vnc/xstartup, but to be honest I have no clue what I'm doing.

I figured uncommenting the two lines would do the job, but no luck. Here's what I've got:

Code:

#!/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 &

Thanks for your help,
Dan

pepsimachine15 · 04-06-2009, 10:11 PM

getting vnc to work for me was a bit tricky. this will probably be different for you based on what window manager you run, but i use xfce4. here is my xstartup file for you to look at

Code:

#!/bin/sh

xrdb /home/administrator/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
unset SESSION_MANAGER
startxfce4 &

i do not believe you need to use unset session_manager for kde and gnome. for your purposes, replace startxfce4 with whatever manager you are using... i.e. startkde

it might be possible to also use startx, im not entirely sure.

xoise · 04-09-2009, 11:56 PM

Thanks for the tips. Ill check it out when I'm home.

tredegar · 04-10-2009, 04:41 AM

Here's my ~/.vnc/xstartup for KDE:

Code:

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