VNC logining into 'light; window manager- how to get KDE?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 1/22/06, Jim <hd at jcshome.net> wrote:
> Hello Dotan,
>
> It sounds like your ~/.vnc/xstartup file is over-riding the
> configuration. Here is what I have done that fixed the problem for me
>
> Try this to see if it fixes it.
>
> cd ~/.vnc
> vi xstartup
>
> The last line says
>
> twm &
>
> Change the last line to be for gnome:
>
> gnome-session &
>
> or for kde
>
> startkde &
>
> Now kill and restart your vncserver and see if it now works the way you
> want.
>
> (I think that is the right line for kde, I mainly use gnome myself)
>
> Possibly deleting the .vnc directory and forcing it to start over after
> you change the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file may also fix the problem.
> I've never done that so will bow to the more knowledgeable people on the
> list.  What you could do is mv your old .vnc directory aside for a
> minute and try restarting it. If it breaks things, then you could mv the
> old .vnc back. YMMV.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jim

Thanks, your first solution worked. Acually, I came across it just now
with further googling, but it is good to see the confirmation. Thank
you very much. I will write to the TightVNC maintainers as this most
certainly should be in TFM.

Dotan Cohen
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