Linux Window Mgr Suggestion (was "RE: Linux Newbie question")

[O'Connor, Rory O]

On the choice of window manager, I heartily recommend icewm at
http://icewm.sourceforge.net/

It is much faster than twm or fvwm, and more fully featured.

 
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Rory O'Connor
Internet Management Services
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
RTP, NC
919-483-9133	
mailto:roc47222 "at" glaxowellcome.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jonathan Morton [SMTP:chromi "at" cyberspace.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:57 AM
> To:	vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> Subject:	Re: Linux Newbie question
> 
> >My apologies for a newbie question but looking at the FAQ etc. hasn't led
> me
> >to a resolution to this one.
> >
> >OK I'm trying to learn a bit more about Linux using RH6.1 which is
> installed
> >and working along with X-windows, but the monitor I have on that box is
> pretty
> >naff. Having use VNC for a long time now under Windows I thought it would
> be a
> >great option for my Linux exploits as my NT box has a good monitor and is
> my
> >main PC.
> >
> >Copied the files to a PATH specified directory (/usr/bin) and ran
> vncserver -
> >but I just get the response "bash: /usr/bin/vncserver: Permission denied"
> >
> >Hopefully one of the VNC community more familiar with RH6.1 have tackled
> this
> >before and can help.
> 
> I think the "vncserver" script must not have been set executable when you
> extracted it.  As root, run "ls -l /usr/bin/vnc*" to check this - it
> should
> list something like the following:
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x root  root  48709287 vncserver
> ....
> 
> This example is completely fictitious, but shows the permissions correctly
> set up.  If the instances of 'x' in the above are replaced by '-', then
> the
> file is not set executable and should be changed using: "chmod 755
> /usr/bin/vncserver".  Repeat for the other executables if necessary:
> vncserver, vncviewer, Xvnc, vncpasswd are the ones that immediately spring
> to mind.
> 
> Also, check you extracted them all correctly - the correct command, used
> in
> almost all cases, is: "tar xvfz <archive>.tar.gz".
> 
> Once you have the server set up and working, you will probably want to
> edit
> your ~/.vnc/xstartup file to change to a different window-manager than the
> default TWM - see the documentation and recent list archives for more
> detail on this.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> from:     Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton
> mail:     chromi "at" cyberspace.org  (not for attachments)
> uni-mail: j.d.morton "at" lancaster.ac.uk
> 
> The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it.
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