fedora-list digest, Vol 1 #1231 - 26 msgs

[Jeff Vian]

Chris Botha wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chris Botha [mailto:jcbotha at cedar.org.za]
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:14 PM
>>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>Subject: Re: Re: RealVNC Problems(Between the chair and computer)
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>> Message: 2
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>>>From: "Rob Freeman" <sysadmin at fleetone.com>
>>>To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>>Subject: Re: RealVNC Problems(Between the chair and computer)
>>>Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:20:03 -0600
>>>Reply-To: fedora-list at redhat.com
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>>>>Fedora Users
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>>>>How can I get RealVNC to run? When I am at my server I
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>>checked that vnc
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>>>>active using KDE, when I go to the workstation connecting
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>>to the server
>>I
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>>>>use ssh to start VNC (Doesn't make sense) "$ vncserver "
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>>then it gives
>>me
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>>>>the display properties "server name : display number"
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>>(snoopy: 1). Ok
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>>>>getting connected no problem but then I sit with a
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>>terminal window and
>>not
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>>>>KDE. I can then just as well use ssh.
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>>>>any suggestions
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>>>>Chris
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>>>You need to edit the .vnc/xstartup commands for the user
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>>>Edit ~/.vnc/xstartup
>>>For KDE, replace "twm &" with "startkde &"
>>>For Gnome, replace "twm &" with "exec gnome-session &"
>>>Kill any existing VNC servers with "vncserver -kill :xxx"
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>>where xxx is the
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>>>display number.
>>>Start a new server.
>>>
>>>Rob
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>>Rob
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>>Where can I find the .vnc/xstartup file, I donot get it.
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>Try
>$ gedit ~/.vnc/xstartup
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>or
>$ vim ~/.vnc/xstartup
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

read the full command.  

He did not say  $  vim  /.vnc/xstartup

He did say    $ vim ~/.vnc/xstartup

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