Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:03:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.psu.edu>
To:        stan <stanb@panix.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tightvnc not honoring .xinitrc file
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310101401300.21257-100000@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20030805192858.GA20092@teddy.fas.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

Hi, 

My reply is late, but anyway: you can modify ~/.vnc/xstartup to include or 
refer to your .xinitrc.

Best,
Alex


On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, stan wrote:

> I'm trying to set up vnc on a STABLE machine.
> 
> I've built tightvnc from the ports, and run vncpassword to create a
> password. Then I run vncserver as teh user whose session I wish to see on
> my remote machine.
> 
> I'm then able to connect ucing vncviewer on the remote machne, but
> unfortunately I get a light gray bacground with a single xterm in the upper
> left hand corber. What can I do to ake it honor the .xinitrc file?
> 
> 




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.LNX.4.44.0310101401300.21257-100000>