VNC Server Question

[Stuart Sears]

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Ed Smith wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Still kind of new to Linux, trying to set up VNC Server so I can access the
> machine remotely from Windows. My /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file looks like
> this, currently:
> 
> VNCSERVERS="1:ed"
> VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 1024x768 -depth 16"
> 
> So far when I connect all I get is a grey screen with a terminal window.
> I've also tried commenting out the lines in the vncservers file and
> launching the vncserver from command line with the following command:
> 
> vncserver :1 -name ed -depth 16 -geometry 1024x768
> 
> When I connect with the VNC client I see the same display. I'd really
> appreciate if someone would tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance!
> 

google was your friend here :)
search for "VNC full desktop"

this pointed me to the following Red Hat magazine articles:

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/006apr05/features/vnc/
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/vnc/

the articles apply to RHEL4 but the same should be true of FC3/4/5

there's some detail about this about halfway down the first page.
the defaults desktop in a VNC session is twm (uses much less bandwidth
than GNOME).

i.e.
/home/user/.vnc/xstartup
needs editing

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Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX
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