On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:50:01 -0500, Kwan Lowe <kwan@digitalhermit.com> wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> >>>I am trying to figure out what needs to be whacked in order for fluxbox to come
> >>>up. I am using Knoppix as the distro. This is the xinit.rc file for root.
>
> >>Look in your user .vnc directory for a file called vncstartup. It's
> >>similar to the xinit, but specifically for VNC.
>
> > I have looked for it, but it shines in it's absence. I have done this
> > in the past and that is where I went to modify the window manager being called.
> > It appear that it is suppposed to look at the xinitrc file in the user
> > directory and take it from there, but that is not happening either. It is looking
> > elsewhere and starting up KDE.
>
>
> Hi Chuck:
> The local X server will look to the xinitrc and it will change the
> WM for local sessions. VNC, depending on configuration, will look to the
> xstartup. However, if you're using the shared desktop feature of KDE
> then it will be different entirely.
>
> I'm also running fluxbox on my machines (a mix of Fedora, RH,
> Mandrake, and Debian) and all the VNC sessions are controlled via the
> xstartup. It doesn't have the 'shared mode' turned on like the default
> Windows behaviour, but instead creates and entirely new login
> environment for each vncserver process.
>
> KL
Here is what I found when I did a find...
root@fpac-dev:/# find -iname xstartup
./etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
./etc/kde3/kdm/Xstartup
root@fpac-dev:/#
Oh, I also do not start up X on this machine unless I want to start
it, so I always
start it from the command line using startx.
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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