Hi Chris, Do you mean the complete GUI interface you see as if you were sitting locally at the machine? In your home directory, you should have a subdirectory called .vnc with a file called xstartup. You need to modify it to start either GNOME or KDE. Here is what mine looks like: --START ~/.vnc/xstartup-- #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: # unset SESSION_MANAGER # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey vncconfig -iconic & xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & To use GNOME, uncomment the next line gnome-session & To use KDE, comment the previous line and uncomment the next # startkde & --END ~/.vnc/xstartup-- Ryan -----Original Message----- From: kenwardc [mailto:kenwardc@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:00 PM To: golharam@xxxxxxxxx; 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' Subject: RE: VNC not working Hey Ryan You'll see from my previous response that what I'm looking for is the complete GUI to remote. I didn't get that the way I just did the login... do you know whether it's possible? Regards Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryan Golhar > Sent: 18 August 2004 18:32 > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: RE: VNC not working > > If you start VNC server as a service, what user will it be run as? > And, does that user have an entry in /etc/passwd that specifies the > shell correctly and not as /sbin/nologin, or /bin/false. > > It makes sense to start VNC server as a real user as below... > > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reuben D. > Budiardja > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:16 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: VNC not working > > > On Wednesday 18 August 2004 11:50, kenwardc wrote: > > Hi Wade > > > > Nope! Got in using telnet. Went to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and manually > > started the service. Said OK. Went to vnc viewer and > instantly got the > > > "Failed..." message again. Had a look at firewall and all > seems fine > > in the log. > > I never start vncserver as service. So elaborating what Wade was > saying: > > 1. login to box as your own user > 2. Type 'vncserver' and put in new password for VNC session when > asked. It > will then tell you the X display number for that session, > assuming you're the first one who tried vncserver in your > box, it will be 1 > > 3. From another machine that has vncviewer, point the viewer to <your > vnc_server IP>:1 put in password. > > HTH > > RDB > > -- > Reuben D. Budiardja > Dept. Physics and Astronomy > University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GIT/M/MU/P/S d-(++) s: a-- C++(+++) UL++++ P-- L+++>++++ E- W+++ > N+ o? K- w--- !O M- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R- tv+ > b++>+++ DI D(+) G e++>++++ h+(*) r++ y->++++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > --- All messages scanned by AVG 7.0 Anti-Virus scanner and TGIS Anti-Spam Firewall. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
