Yeah, I changed the shell script in ~/.vnc/xstartup to what you had...my original was: #!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & x-window-manager & But when I try 'vncviewer localhost:1' it hasn't changed anything; it's the rootweave X pattern still. How do I know if it'll actually read and run the shell script? -jordan On 5/31/06, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2006, Mike Miller wrote: > > > KDE, you can do that, but you have to set up your ~/.vnc/xstartup properly. > > I've been running Gnome like this: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults > > xsetroot -solid grey > > vncconfig -nowin & > > exec autocutsel & > > /usr/local/bin/rxvt -geometry 80x51+78+25 -ls -T "`whoami`@`hostname`" & > > exec gnome-session & > > > Tip: Always use solid color backgrounds within VNC because it refreshes > instantly and that speeds up window movements. You have to configure that > within Gnome (or whatever you are using). > > Mike >