[SOLVED] not able to get the desktop when using VNC

[manu_leo]

Hi Experts, need your help.

I have configured vnc on a newly installed gentoo server. I have installed Tight vnc and the configuration for it looks like below :-

Maxwell ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/vnc
# Config file for /etc/init.d/vnc

# Specify the user(s) Xvnc(1) should be run for. The syntax is: "username:display".
# example: "DISPLAYS="foo:1 bar:2" You can specify more users separated by space.
# DISPLAYS="myuser:1"

# Specify any of vncserver(1) and Xvnc(1) options. See the respective man pages for more information.
# VNC_OPTS=""

DISPLAYS="x:1 y:2"

VNC_OPTS="-name x-VNC -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24"
VNC_OPTS="-name y-VNC -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24"


Also I have modified the user's xstartup script to use xfce as the desktop enviornment.

cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch


Now when I try to connect, I still get a grey screen with an X .

Please help me to get this fixed, Appreciate all your help in advance.

[NeddySeagoon]

manu_leo,

On linux, vnc does not normally operate as a screen scraper.
The VNC server uses an area of RAM to draw the desktop it will serve.

You start the VNC server but don't tell it what to serve.

I believe that VNC can work as a screen scraper but I've not done it.
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NeddySeagoon

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[manu_leo]

Thanks Neddy for looking into this once again.

[manu_leo]

So, what other desktop enviornment we could use apart from xfce or lxde ? I know there is KDE and gnome but they would be too heavy on the server.

[manu_leo]

Anyone who has made vnc working on Gentoo. I really need some help with it. I have all the required packages installed and have configured xstartup file configured, but somehow not able to get the gui for the desktop. I am using XFCE as the desktop enviornment.

Appreciate all your help in advance.

[NeddySeagoon]

manu_leo,

I usually use twm in VNC on Gentoo but like I say, not as a screen scraper.

My ~/.vnc/xstartup contains

[manu_leo]

Hi Neddy, you are the man !!

I changed my xstartup file to :-

#!/bin/sh

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
startxfce4


and it started to work.

1 last question I have is , how did that made a difference- I mean commenting 'exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch' and changing it to startxfce4. I have the same 'exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch' config on other server and it works just fine.

Thanks.