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huskerchen
Joined: 20 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:33 am Post subject: Use VNC to access x-win on Redhat 9 small |
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I installed the Redhat 9 small and VNC server, from the VNC viewer I can only see one terminal window but I cannot move that xterm window. When I run the command "xterm &", the new term covered the same place, so no matter how many xterm I run, I can only see one on the top and I cannot move them. I usually use richer desktop like gnome but how can I configure my linode so I can move the xterm to see a couple of them at the same time?
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bji
Joined: 27 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Use VNC to access x-win on Redhat 9 small |
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huskerchen wrote: I installed the Redhat 9 small and VNC server, from the VNC viewer I can only see one terminal window but I cannot move that xterm window. When I run the command "xterm &", the new term covered the same place, so no matter how many xterm I run, I can only see one on the top and I cannot move them. I usually use richer desktop like gnome but how can I configure my linode so I can move the xterm to see a couple of them at the same time?
Thanks!
You are running X windows without a window manager. Lovely, isn't it?
A simple window manager is twm. It's what I run all the time (properly customized of course), the default configuration works well enough for very simple stuff. In your xterm, type:
twm &
And twm will start. Then you can move windows around and resize them. There are other window managers that you can run manually too; I suggest twm only because it's just about guaranteed to be installed on your system, and it is very lightweight. |
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bji
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Use VNC to access x-win on Redhat 9 small |
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By the way, if you want to read about all kinds of window managers, check out:
http://xwinman.org |
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huskerchen
Joined: 20 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:42 pm Post subject: Thanks a lot |
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| It's very helpful, hehe :) |
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asura
Joined: 03 Jan 2004
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Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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You can configure VNC to start up any window manager you like.
Edit $HOME/.vnc/xstartup. Although I don't use X on my linode, I do use X and VNC on my home linux box. And I use KDE. So at the end of the .vnc/xstartup file, I have commented out most everything and put "startkde &" at the end. So each time you start your VNC server, it will automatically load up the windows manager of your choice. You can replace startkde with tvwm or "gnome-session" if you prefer gnome, or whatever you prefer.
When I connect, my desktop looks exactly the same as if I was logging in at the local console.
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#!/bin/sh
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
startkde &
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