[ILUG] VNC make gnome-start.... RHEL5

[Conor Wynne]

Lance Dryden wrote:
> Conor Wynne wrote:
>> Hi lads,
>>
>> Poxy twm starts and I need gnome to work.
>> Surely this should work as is, what have I done wrong?
>>
>> And no, I never use VNC :-)
>
> Put "the right stuff" in an executable file "$VNCROOT/xstartup".  For
> a typical user, $VNCROOT is probably == "$HOME/.vnc"
>
> As an example, "the right stuff" in my case looks like:
>
> --- BEGIN xstartup ---
> #!/bin/bash
>
> xrdb /home/$USER/.Xdefaults
> # this line should be changed to something more appropriate
> /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox
> # the following line, if uncommented, would kick kde on a Gentoo box
> #/etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.5
>
> # the following line permits the entire Xvnc instance to terminate
> # properly after the WM dies
> vncserver -kill $DISPLAY
> --- END xstartup ---
>
> Caveat: this is, as you might guess, from a Gentoo system running its
> build of VNC.  I believe the standard realvnc source will honor the
> "xstartup" file but be watchful in case your distro does something
> unusual, or you are using a different VNC build.
>
>   Ath mhaith duit,
>   Lance Dryden
I'll give that a go later so. Maybe a PATH issue so.