On 21 Jul 2014 at 23:33, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:33:43 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: vncserver not providing gnome desktop Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Progress made. In the end I had to get IPv4 addressing working, as > VNC only understands IPv4. > > I am connecting over the crossover cable to the headless system via > vnc, but the screen just shows the little action box on the upper left > and nothing else. > > I have edited the service file and added the geometry line option and > reloaded the deamons. No change. > > I edited the xstartup file as I always do to exec gnome, but nope. > > > I am missing something here. Obviously... > > any tips are greatly appreciated. > Below is the xstartup file that I use. I changed it to use xfce since there were some gnome processes that were using very high cpu percentages. The original values of the xinitrc and twm are commented. #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS exec /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc # 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" & startxfce4 & #twm & > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have > a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS ROSETTA 17875371.077265 | SETI 29536891.845165 ABC 16613838.513356 | EINSTEIN 28547237.391636 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
