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
>