ssh/tightvnc has no desktop (solved)

[johnklug]

I am using slim and fluxbox with the console, and it works.

I am using ssl/ssh vnc viewer on a non-gentoo client configured with ssh with a gentoo server running xinetd and tightvnc, and I get a password prompt, accepted password, followed by a new window with a generic "X" screen with the X as the mouse pointer, and no fluxbox.

I have seen posts that say to put startfluxbox in

/home/USER/.vnc/startx

I have straced xinetd through Xvnc, and I never see the home directory being accessed. Here are the parameters to Xvnc:

13831 execve("/usr/bin/Xvnc", ["Xvnc", "-inetd", "-query", "localhost", "-geometry", "1920x1200", "-depth", "24", "-fp", "/usr/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1"], [/* 40 vars */]) = 0

I am not seeing any errors in /var/log/messages.

Xvnc does try to open /etc/X1.hosts. This file does not exist.

Any ideas on how to get this configured correctly?

[johnklug]

I decided to use the init.d method to start vnc directly, rather than xinetd.d which I used in other distros. Once I did this, I could log in with either ssh or directly using ssl/ssh vnc viewer.
This method eliminates the graphical login and Slim, and goes right to fluxbox, which is specified in the home directory of the user.
Here is a configuration file /etc/conf.d/vnc for two screens.

# 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="klugja:63 klugja:64"
HOME=/home/klugja
export HOME
VNC_OPTS="-dpi 100 -name tvscribe -geometry 1920x1080 -depth 24"