[FC3] VNC Troubles

[Robert Slade]

On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 12:58, Øyvind Lode wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I have installed a new FC3 box.
> I'm trying to connect to it using VNC but it doesn't work like I expected.
> 
> I used VNC on a FC1 box for a long time ago with no problems but cannot 
> on FC3.
> 
> SSH'ed into the box and started the vncserver and that works fine.
> Then I start the VNC client (on a Windoze XP box) and enter hostname:1 
> and then it prompts for the password and I enter the password I created 
> when I started the vncserver.
> I then get a screen up but no desktop...
> Just a Terminal Window??
> Closing that just gives me a gray desktop and a strange cross of a mouse 
> pointer and I'm not able to do anything.
> 
> Any idea why?
> 
> -Øyvind

You need to edit the xstartup file in the .vnc folder of your home
directory to start KDE or Gnome. Just uncomment the 2 lines as per the
file.

Rob