On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:04 -0700, Salih wrote:

> On Mar 24, 4:32 pm, Jack Snodgrass <jacks_temp_id_bf2...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:35:46 -0700, Salih wrote:
>> > I was able to run a vncserver and connect to it without a problem. After
>> > switching to xfce from kde, viewer connects but all I get is a blank
>> > screen with mouse working.
>>
>> > I am running the server on a Kubuntu machine. I tried connecting to it
>> > via TightVNC from a Windows machine as well as via vncviewer to
>> > localhost from the Linux server itself.
>>
>> > When I run the server I get the following log:
>>
>> > 4/03/08 13:32:12 Xvnc version 3.3.7 - built May 24 2007 12:47:11
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:12 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd. 24/03/08 13:32:12
>> > Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. 24/03/08 13:32:12
>> > All Rights Reserved. 24/03/08 13:32:12 Seehttp://www.realvnc.comfor
>> > information on VNC 24/03/08 13:32:12 Desktop name 'X' (cellular:1)
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:12 Protocol version supported 3.3 24/03/08 13:32:12
>> > Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
>>
>> > When I connect from the client using vncviewer, this additional message
>> > is received:
>>
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:53 Got connection from client 0.0.0.0 24/03/08 13:32:53
>> > Protocol version 3.3 24/03/08 13:32:55 Pixel format for client 0.0.0.0:
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:55 8 bpp, depth 6
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:55 true colour: max r 3 g 3 b 3, shift r 4 g 2 b 0
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:55 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown
>> > encoding type -239
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:55 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown
>> > encoding type -223
>> > 24/03/08 13:32:55 Using ZRLE encoding for client 0.0.0.0
>>
>> > I don't know how to debug it and logs do not tell much. Does anybody
>> > have any idea what would be the cause?
>>
>> > Thanks...
>>
>> sounds like your not starting a xfce session manager if you want to run
>> xfce. Do you have:
>>
>> /usr/bin/xfce4-session
>> in your xstartup and does
>> ps -aef | grep xfce
>> show some xfce processes running after you start your vncserver?
>>
>> jack
>
> Thank you Jack. Where is the "xstartup" file located? Do I need to
> manually edit it to run the x-session?

On my Fedora install, when you start vncserver for the first time,
it creates a ~/.vnc directory with a xstartup script in it.
I changed my xstartup scrript to do:

#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

/usr/bin/xfce4-session &
wait


so when vncserver starts, it starts an X session and the
xstartup script starts my xfce4-session manager.

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