Display problem (VNC viewer on WinXP - VNC server on RedHat Linux 9.0)

[James Weatherall]

Tokihiro,

Are you:
1)  Trying to access the console X server of your computer.
Or
2)  Trying to create a completely separate X server, accessible only via
VNC.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yamamoto, Tokihiro [mailto:tyama "at" kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp] 
> Sent: 13 December 2005 06:35
> To: 'James Weatherall'
> Subject: RE: Display problem (VNC viewer on WinXP - VNC 
> server on RedHat Linux 9.0)
> 
> Dear Wez:
> 
> Thank you for your e-mail.
> 
> I've followed the instructions on the following web page to
> add the vnc module to XF86Config and restart the VNC
> desktop, but I cannot yet display the Linux desktop on the
> WinXP client.  What I can see is the same as before.
> 
> Are there any other necessary processes to create a
> dedicated VNC X server?
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> 
> Tokihiro
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Weatherall [mailto:jnw "at" realvnc.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:04 PM
> > To: 'Yamamoto, Tokihiro'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: RE: Display problem (VNC viewer on WinXP - VNC 
> > server on RedHat Linux 9.0)
> > 
> > Tokihiro,
> > 
> > What you are seeing is a standard X desktop running an
> Xterm 
> > and the twm window manager - this is what the "vncserver" 
> > command runs after having created a dedicated VNC X server
> for you.
> > 
> > Please refer to 
> > http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.html for 
> > information on setting up VNC for the console X server.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of
> Yamamoto, Tokihiro
> > > Sent: 12 December 2005 12:56
> > > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > > Subject: Display problem (VNC viewer on WinXP - VNC
> server 
> > on RedHat 
> > > Linux 9.0)
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I've been trying to display the desktop of RedHat Linux
> 9.0 
> > machine on 
> > > the Windows XP machine.  I can successfully connect from
> the VNC 
> > > viewer on the Windows XP machine to the VNC server on
> the Linux 
> > > machine, however, the display doesn't seem to work well.
> 
> > What I can 
> > > see on the display of the Windows machine is only a 
> > terminal window of 
> > > the Linux machine.  Any icons on the desktop or
> directory 
> > windows are 
> > > not displayed at all.
> > > 
> > > I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions.
> > > 
> > > Sincerely yours,
> > > 
> > > Tokihiro
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