Got it! You were dead right; the vncserver had not updated it's settings! I restarted it and voila, all is well. Now, yes, I'll start dealing with properly setting up firewalls/ssh etc to secure it better, but I needed it up ASAP on the local network first. Thank you again! -jordan On 5/31/06, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2006, Jim Karcz wrote: > > > I have run vncserver on a RHEL3 box. I have seen that X pattern when my > > xstartup file was screwed up. > > > > Here is what I use to start gnome: > > #!/bin/sh > > xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults > > vncconfig -iconic & > > xsetroot -solid black > > exec /usr/bin/gnome-session & > > #exec /usr/bin/startkde & > > > One important difference is that I am using autocutsel in my > ~/.vnc/xstartup: > > exec autocutsel & > > But that won't work unless autocutsel is installed! If you don't have it > installed already, check here: > > http://www.lepton.fr/tools/autocutsel/ > > It compiles really easily with gcc. > > Mike >