From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 26 12:30:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1796E16A41C for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:30:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duckeo@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE25943D1D for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:30:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duckeo@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 58so186220wri for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:30:10 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uUpqKaRbhbB1kNZHd7lexPOX2x8B1OzOGHpMHqSoU8t0HEX9hRDXxmVfcWJiJSt9RzWk7dfsfn0uBCEdnEdOJvQpswzNlGX9BYZugoJaY9T4DoC06SerFA0r+UgcG1vO+QuujvwkWdb+nYGP8qGVGTNcKSNvlfMbR/bVBIThXIA= Received: by 10.54.29.24 with SMTP id c24mr2792178wrc; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:30:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.34.66 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:30:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <894159540506260530596e4be9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:30:10 +1000 From: duckeo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <89415954050626052730dc30d4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <89415954050626001752c3c470@mail.gmail.com> <42BE9CDB.5040502@u.washington.edu> <89415954050626052730dc30d4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Xvnc + inetd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: duckeo List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:30:11 -0000 Sorry wrong target. Forwarding to the list. On 6/26/05, duckeo wrote: > Because isn't VNC far more efficient? I've read X is only really > useful locally, also because VNC is more common a client on Windows > machines (as in already installed). >=20 > On 6/26/05, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > Ken Quach wrote: > > > > >I'm trying to turn FreeBSD5.4 into a 'terminal server' of sorts, > > >allowing users to VNC in to access various network related utilities. > > > > > >What I'm seeing is a gray screen when connecting into vnc, which I > > >know is indicative of not having a window manager set up. > > > > > >My question is when running xvnc through inetd, I can specify which > > >user to run it as. > > > > > >I've tried using root and nobody, as well as a 'vnc' user which I > > >created. In all cases it seems not to read the ~/.vnc/xstartup file as > > >I expect it would (e.g. /root/.xvnc/xstartup). > > > > > >I've followed various guides to ensure settings are correct but now I'= m stumped. > > > > > >Various config files are below. Any ideas as to what else I need to ch= ange? > > > > > > > > > > > Uhm, why not just use kdm? It appears that all you need is a X[dm] logi= n > > based server and you don't need Xvnc at all. Refer to ssh's information > > on X port forwarding and info on how to setup kdm properly. > > -Garrett > > >