From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 2 16:57:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from femail32.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail32.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2FB637B417 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:57:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from main ([24.14.243.57]) by femail32.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011203005732.YJZZ3288.femail32.sdc1.sfba.home.com@main>; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:57:32 -0800 Message-ID: <002f01c17b95$56890b50$0300a8c0@jayyness.com> From: "Totally Jayyness" To: "Greg Lane" Cc: References: <000b01c17b73$a54d8120$0300a8c0@jayyness.com> <20011203090033.A18865@nucl03.anu.edu.au> Subject: Re: Questions in regards to VNC, remote management tool. Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:56:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This confused me a bit. I don't think VNC ever brings up a command > line mode. Perhaps you are mistaking the default window manager twm > with command line mode? AH... Ok, sounds like I do have VNC running correctly... because it does open an X window but the only window open inside it is a window running at the command line... very vanilla as one of the other repliers stated.... Then I try to run startx and that is where it hangs... because I am probably trying to start and Xserver within and Xserver.... kinda hangs... I can ctrl-C out of it but other then that, can't do much... Thanks I will play around with it some more... at least I know I have it running correctly. > > 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. > > If you are trying to get remote access over a slow line you might > consider running a very plain desktop with minimal eye-candy. Over > an ethernet network, go for broke. > > Hope this helps, > Greg > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message