Linux to WinXP: Only Console Displaying

[Angus Veitch]

   Wa-hey!  It worked!
   All   I   had   to  do  was  replace  "twm"  with  "startkde"  in  the
   /.vnc/xstartup file, as you suggested.
   Thanks James!!!!
   Angus.
   James Weatherall wrote:

Angus,

You probably want to replace "twm" with "startkde".  If you still see
problems, ensure that you're not also logged in on the console of the Linux
system with KDE - off the top of my head, I can't remember whether KDE
refuses to run two sessions on the same machine for the same user, or
whether that's only a Gnome problem.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.

-----Original Message-----
From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
[mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Angus Veitch
Sent: 05 July 2005 12:07
To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
Subject: Linux to WinXP: Only Console Displaying

OK, I know this issue has been raised before, and that I probably
shouldn't have to raise it again, but here goes . . .

I'm using VNC between Windows XP and Linux (Mepis).  I can get the XP
desktop to appear properly on Linux, but at the XP end, all I
can get is
the Linux console with a grey background.  After reading about a few
similar problems in the mailing list archives and elsewhere,
I tinkered
with the xstartup and .xinitrc  files.  Specifically, I replaced the
'twm' entry with 'kdm' in xstartup, and in .xinitrc I added
an entry for
startkde, as well as something else that I can't remember
right now (I
removed the line).  Nothing so far has worked.

I really want to get this to work.  Can anyone suggest some
steps that I
should try?  By the way, I am a complete newbie, so please
assume that I
know next to nothing about Linux!

Cheers,
Angus.
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