Hi,

Im a complete newbie when it comes to Linux. I have recently installed it on a spare computer to use as a web/ftp server for my uni work. My preferred method of controlling this was through using VNC. I have set VNC to run on startup on the Linux machine, but found I had to start it on the command line to get it serving, I used vncserver 1 to do this. Trouble is, when I use the VNC viewer on my Windows XP machine, all I get is a grey screen saying please wait while initial screen loads.

I have set up my xstartup in ../../.vnc to include a path to KDE which I use, but my VNC viewer just gets stuck at this screen saying please wait.

Im no expert on VNC, but I have used it before with Windows XP and Risc OS, and then it took me a while to figure it out...

Any help gratefully received.

you say you got it to do this on startup? what file did you add it to? what si teh line you used?

I have found i have to use "2.2.2.2:1" dont forget the ":1" to connect...

i have to go to ssh and type "vncserver" to get mine to start...

-Aaron

Hi,

Im using RedHat v8, I found an option in the service configuration under control panel. Here it lets me decide which services I would like to run at startup. So in here i checked the box that says run VNC on startup.

Unfortunately, all I get when I try to connect to my RedHat VNC server is the grey screen saying please wait - initial screen loading.

i had that grey background problem too, what i did id this:


edit the file: /home/user/.vnc/xstartup

and add this:

on the 3rd line (right after the line startign with [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ... )

restart your vncserver
the kde desktop should load