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Date:      Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:15:15 -0500
From:      "Keith Alan Landry" <wirwzd@wirewizards.com>
To:        "Totally Jayyness" <Jayyness@mindspring.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Questions in regards to VNC, remote management tool.
Message-ID:  <003101c17b7e$d1c85f30$0b01a8c0@idoru>
References:  <000b01c17b73$a54d8120$0300a8c0@jayyness.com> <20011203090033.A18865@nucl03.anu.edu.au>

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> Before mucking around with vnc, sit at your box and get X running 
> properly. When it is running, try vnc. You will need to 
> edit the .vnc/xstartup file to bring up the window manager of 
> your choice. Here is mine:
> 
> ---------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> export XAUTHORITY=/home/username/.Xauthority
> icewm
> ---------------------
> 
> set up to run icewm. You will have to edit accordingly to make it 
> run KDE. I had to export .Xauthority at some point for some reason. 
> Can't remember why now. 
> 

I use the following in my $HOME/.vnc/xstartup to launch KDE in VNC.

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#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startkde

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Keith Alan Landry
http://www.wirewizards.com
http://www.twelfthofnever.com


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