On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Geofrey Rainey <Geofrey.Rainey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Also, if you're able to VNC to the box, you'll probably be presented with an xterm and not the GUI login as you'd expect. I can't quite remember why this > Is, it's something to do with a file starting "twm" window manager and this needs to be changed to another window manager like gnome. If you need to know I could look a little deeper into it. Yes by default the window manager for vnc is twm. You can switch to Gnome by uncommenting the lines 4 and 5 in ~/.vnc/xstartup file and restarting the vncserver Prajish S > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Prajish S > Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2009 6:40 p.m. > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: gui on a headless server > >> > Hi, >> > >> > aside from the mirroring issue i had with this server, it's also a headless >> > one. So i was able to install RHEL5 into runlevel 3 via serial. But how do >> > i configure it such that i can VNC to it and use gui/gnome/kde, etc. > > Do an "rpm -qa | grep vnc" to check whether the vnc server package is installed. > > if installed, execute "vncserver" from the shell to create a running > vnc session. > > first line of the output will look similar to this > > "New 'hostname:display (user)' desktop is hostname:display " > > put this hostname:display in your vncviewer to get the access.. > > > Regards > Prajish S > tweet me @prajish > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ========================================================== > For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us > online at tvnz.co.nz > ========================================================== > CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that > is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information > is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. > > > -- > 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
