I found the problem. My xstartup script was pointing at the xterm. --- Chris <sparty2809 "at" yahoo.com> wrote: > When I connect to my linux box with VNC, it just > displays a command prompt instead of the desktop. > Does > anyone know why? Thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail