Window Manager is already running
James Pifer
jamesvnclist "at" tnjinfl.com
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:42:26 +0000
Sorry. Please disregard this post. I was able to find everything I was
trying to do.
Thanks,
James
At 07:57 AM 10/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm sure this issue is in the archives, but I'm unable to find it.
>
>I'm running VNC on Redhat 7.0 and I would like to be able to run an X
>desktop, such as KDE or GNOME. I'm not even sure how to start gnome, but
>when I try to start kde by typing 'startkde &' in the xterm window it
>responds that 'a window manager is already running". It then proceeds to
>load the KDE background and desktop icons (trash, templates, autostart),
>but never loads the menus, etc.
>
>I'm not running X on the machine locally. It just boots to the text
>console. I start two VNC sessions as root automatically, both loading an
>xterm window.
>
>My questions are:
>How do I start a window manager where I get the complete desktop, with
>menus and everything?
>How do I start gnome? (I thought once I started kde I could use the
>switching tool to switch between them, not sure if that will work....)
>
>Thanks,
>James
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