Gui on a dedicated server?

five-of-eight · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 07:18 PM

Hey all,

I was following an online guide for getting a GUI on a VPS, but ran into an issue. vncserver is not loading /root/.vnc/xstartup, it says that it's loading /etc/X11/Xsession which doesn't seem to have a place to change the window manager from twm to gnome or XFCE. I'm on Debian.

Windows Guru · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 07:51 PM

Is gnome or XFCE installed? Also you will need to install a desktop manager.

five-of-eight · #3 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 07:57 PM

Yep, I installed Gnome and XFCE. twm and X run fine if I vnc in, but I can't find where to tell it to load gnome in stead of twm...

Windows Guru · #4 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 08:38 PM

you need to install gdm and under sessions click on xfce or gnome which ever you prefer and it should ask you if thats what you want to load my default.

five-of-eight · #5 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:28 PM

I can't click on anything, as gdm isn't loaded... And yes, GDM is installed.

**Jam** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:37 PM

Okay, I'm not 10% sure on what you mean here.. but I think this might be what you are in need of:

Code:

vi /root/.vnc/xstartup

and replace the 'twm & ' part, with: 'gnome-session & '

(without the quotes thoguh

)

Hopefully that is what you wanted..
Jam

five-of-eight · #7 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:46 PM

That's the thing, there is no /root/.vnc/xstartup, though there is a passwd and log file in that dir. I was following the directions here, changing yum for apt-get: How To: Install and Configure a GUI on your Linux VPS - Web Hosting Talk - The largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet

**Jam** · #8 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 12:11 AM

Oh, sorry... I read what you put at first, then fogot when it came to writing an answer

Okay, so if there ins't a xstartup file, you could try creating one...

Code:

#!/bin/sh [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80×24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
gnome-session &

?

Jam

five-of-eight · #9 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 12:50 AM

Same as before, it loads etc/x11/Xsession, and load twm.

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