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Re: vncserver not sourcing .xinitrc



On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 03:14:42 +0900
Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:45:04 -0400, Johann Koenig wrote:
> > However, now when I start vncserver with:
> > vncserver :1 -geometry 800x600 -alwaysshared
> > it does not source my .xinitrc
> > 
> > All I get is a blank X desktop, not even an xterm. Is there a way to
> > specify commands to run when I start it? I've read the vncserver and
> > Xvnc man pages. I tried tacking it onto the end of the command line,
> > but then it just died instantly with no error messages.
> 
> You can try to add the following line to your .vncrc:
> 
> $vncStartup = "$ENV{HOME}/.xinitrc";
> 
> In my case, I want a different startup script from the normal one,
> so I have:
> 
> $vncStartup = "$ENV{HOME}/.vnc/xstartup";

Took a little while, but I found my problem. Server's hostname was no
longer 'mental_graffiti.' Now its 'mental-graffiti.' _ to -. fvwm/xterm
couldn't find a display.
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