Re: vncserver not sourcing .xinitrc
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";
HTH,
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