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From: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: tightvnc not honoring .xinitrc file
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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?
> 
>