xvnc

batfastad · 11-16-2004, 03:38 PM

Hi

I'm running a PS2 linux box and I'mvery new to linux.

I've got xvnc installed somehow and can connect to a remote desktop using my windows machine but the desktop always defaults to twm.

I'd like to change this to kde.

I understand that to do this I need to edit the file /root/.vnc/xstartup and replace the twm command on the last line with 'startkde'

Code:

#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & 
twm &

I do this and save the file. Kill that vnc server session and start it up again.
But when I login to the desktop from my windows machine I don't even get the twm menu anymore.
Just the grey background with a white terminal window.

Not KDE as I expected.

Looking at the xvnc server log for that session...

Code:

16/11/04 20:23:52 Xvnc version 3.3.3r2
16/11/04 20:23:52 Copyright (C) AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
16/11/04 20:23:52 All Rights Reserved.
16/11/04 20:23:52 See uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on VNC
16/11/04 20:23:52 Desktop name 'X' (PS2:1)
16/11/04 20:23:52 Protocol version supported 3.3
16/11/04 20:23:52 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
16/11/04 20:23:52 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
16/11/04 20:23:52   URL h t t p ://PS2:5801
xrdb: No such file or directory
xrdb: can't open file '/root/.Xresources'
/root/.vnc/xstartup: startkde: command not found

So it appears the startkde command isn't being found.

Anyone know what's going wrong?
I'm very new to linux so more detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Ben

batfastad · 11-18-2004, 03:53 PM

Ok I've sorted it now.

And made it so KDE is the default.

I had to add the path to startkde to my PATH whatever that means.

That's why the command startkde couldn't be found.

Here's what I did...
I added the following line underneath the #!/bin/sh

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/kde/bin

saved it, restarted and it works fine.

You will need to search for startkde first and replace the above path with whatever folder location the startkde file is in.

HTH

Ben