VNC window manager

[aljo]

When I launch a physical desktop I get GDM fine (login in init level 3 console and then hit startx to get desktop),

When I start the vncserver (/usr/bin/vncserver) the desktop I get it bare as per the attached.

Any idea what setting I need to change to get VNC to launch straight into GDM as it does on my FC1 box. For reference, this is a fresh FC4 install with all updates installed.

Thanks in advance.

[willieray]

That is a window manager known as TWM. you can change it:

As the vncserver man page states, applications that run at startup
are located in ~/.vnc/xstartup . Just change the default "twm" to
something more of your liking (for example "blackbox").

[SlowJet]

1. Stop VNCSERVER with service gui tool.
2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/vncserverscd /etc/sysconfig
[darwinhwebb@Jovette-14 sysconfig]$ dir
amd firstboot kudzu samba
apmd grub lm_sensors saslauthd
apm-scripts harddisks modules selinux
arpwatch hidd mouse sendmail
auditd httpd named spamassassin
authconfig hwconf netdump squid
autofs i18n netdump_id_dsa syslog
bluetooth init netdump_id_dsa.pub sysstat
clock installinfo network system-config-securitylevel
console ip6tables-config networking system-config-users
crond iptables network-scripts tux
desktop iptables-config ntpd ups
dhcp6r irda pand vncservers
dhcp6s irqbalance pcmcia vncservers~
dhcpd kadmin pgsql xinetd
dhcrelay kernel prelink yppasswdd
dictd keyboard quagga
diskdump krb524 radvd
dund krb5kdc rhn
[darwinhwebb@Jovette-14 sysconfig]$ cat vncservers
# The VNCSERVERS variable is a list of display:user pairs.
#
# Uncomment the lines below to start a VNC server on display :2
# as my 'myusername' (adjust this to your own). You will also
# need to set a VNC password; run 'man vncpasswd' to see how
# to do that.
#
# DO NOT RUN THIS SERVICE if your local area network is
# untrusted! For a secure way of using VNC, see
# <URL:http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html>.

VNCSERVERS="2:darwinhwebb"
VNCSERVERARGS[6]="-name LocalVNCnet -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24"
# (I uncomment the lines above and added a name for the display and color depth. i.e. 6 args
# I used display 2 to avoid 0 qnd 1 for other uses.

3. Logon to the user account and create the vncpasswd and it will be in .VNC folder, then logout.
4. Log in as root or a non-vnc account and then
Start VNCSERVER via services gui tool.
#(This will create the startup file in the .vnc folder under the /home/username. It is hidden.
#Edit the startup file and uncomment the 2 lines needed for X and Gnome

#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
# (see -----I uncommented the 2 lines above.
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
twm &

5. Re-start VNCSERVER via services gui tool to refresh start up file.

6. Log on to vncuser from another box using VNC Viewer or RealVNC 4.1 for windows.


SJ

[aljo]

Just a quick note to say THANKS.

Having made the changes to the ~/.vnc/startup file and relaunched VNC it worked fine.

Thanks again