xstartup

[Tristan Richardson]

>>>>>> Angel Martin Alganza <alganza "at" ss20.mpi-seewiesen.mpg.de> writes:
>
> Is it possible to run different Xvnc processes with different xstartup files?
> If so, how do you indicate it to the xvncviewer script?
> 

You can do what I think you want by giving each desktop a different name,
and then testing the VNCDESKTOP environment variable inside xstartup.

For example your xstartup might look like this:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls &
case "$VNCDESKTOP" in
fancy)
    wmaker &
    ;;

plain)
    xsetroot -solid grey
    twm &
    ;;
esac



Then you can start a "fancy" desktop with:

  % vncserver -name fancy

  New 'fancy' desktop is wibble:3

  Starting applications specified in /home/zz/.vnc/xstartup
  Log file is /home/zz/.vnc/wibble:3.log


And a "plain" desktop with:

  % vncserver -name plain

  New 'plain' desktop is wibble:4

  Starting applications specified in /home/zz/.vnc/xstartup
  Log file is /home/zz/.vnc/wibble:4.log


Then view them with "vncviewer wibble:3" or "vncviewer wibble:4" as
appropriate.

Cheers

Tristan

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