Re: vncserver ignoring ~/.vnc/xstartup :(
Martin Rowe, 2001-Nov-18 22:47 +0000:
> Hi all
>
> I'm trying to get VNC running on my home box and vncserver sems to be
> bypassing the xstartup script. Instead of running Blackbox, it pulls up
> KDE. The .vnc/ session log doesn't report any problems, and I can run
> xstartup within the VNC window and it runs (just lanches an aterm) fine -
> just on top of KDE. This has worked fine for me in the past, though on
> Mandrake, and runs okay at work on Debian (though launched from inetd
> instead of manually starting each session, and using a login manager, so
> no xstartup involved).
The only thing I can think of is to make sure you're starting
vncserver as the user, not as root. The root account may have
the KDE config.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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