Re: Changing default WM for VNC
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:18:04 -0700
Stefan O'Rear disseminated the following:
> > I can't get the vncserver to load Pekwm instead of Gnome (we're talkin' a
> > P100 w/ 64MB here, so...Gnome's a little on the slow side).
> >
> > I set this up before, and IIRC, I created a file '~/.vnc/xsession'
> > (executable) which just had 'exec pekwm'. This isn't working.
> >
> > I changed /etc/X11/default-display-manager to /usr/local/bin/pekwm. I set up
> > an .xinitrc in my home dir with 'exec pekwm'. Still no go.
>
> vncserver has been nothing but trouble for me.
> Try:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> exec xinit /usr/bin/X11/twm -- /usr/bin/X11/Xvnc :1 -rfbport 5900
>
> Save it as 'vncstart', chmod +x it, and ./vncstart; xvncviewer
> 127.0.0.1:0
I don't have a '/usr/bin/X11/Xvnc', and I'm not sure which package that's part
of. I'm assuming I could substitute '/usr/bin/X11/twm' with
'/usr/local/bin/pekwm'?
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