Cannot start xfce from vnc startup script

[Larry Alkoff]

Andrew Conkling wrote:
> On 6/4/06, Larry Alkoff <labradley at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> I am unable to open xfce from a script - possibly because of the
>> non-standard way it's set up.
> 
> Are you getting any error that you could post?
> 
>> The startup script is for tightVNC and is in ~/.vnc/xstartup.
>>
>> In Slackware 10.2 a link points to an rc file for a window manager.
>> The link is in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and normally points to something
>> like xinitrc.kde or xinitrc.fluxbox in the same directory.
>>
>> However for xfce, the xinitrc link points yet another link,
>> xinitrc.xfce -> ../xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
>>
>> I've tried various ways to call with a ~/.xinitrc file including copying
>> over the final ../xdg/xfce3/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc.xfce and soft linking
>> to /etc/X11/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc -> ~/.xinitrc and finally soft linking to
>> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce -> ~/.xinitrc.  Nothing has worked.
> 
> I see no reason why linking wouldn't work, but did you try copying the
> file to ~/.xinitrc (i.e. without the .xfce suffix)?

Andrew thanks for your reply.
I copied the file to ~/.xinitrc and got a log file with _some_ errors.
The last two, on line 5 and 13 of my startup file, are the most important.

Log file:
----------
lba at linda .vnc $ m linda:1.log
04/06/06 19:31:41 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3dev7
04/06/06 19:31:41 Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Constantin Kaplinsky
04/06/06 19:31:41 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
04/06/06 19:31:41 All Rights Reserved.
04/06/06 19:31:41 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
04/06/06 19:31:41 Desktop name 'X' (linda:1)
04/06/06 19:31:41 Protocol versions supported: 3.7t, 3.7, 3.3
04/06/06 19:31:41 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
04/06/06 19:31:41 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
04/06/06 19:31:41   URL http://linda:5801
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
failed to set default font path 'unix/:7100'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
04/06/06 19:31:42 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3dev7
04/06/06 19:31:42 Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Constantin Kaplinsky
04/06/06 19:31:42 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
04/06/06 19:31:42 All Rights Reserved.
04/06/06 19:31:42 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
04/06/06 19:31:42 Desktop name 'X' (linda:1)
04/06/06 19:31:42 Protocol versions supported: 3.7t, 3.7, 3.3
04/06/06 19:31:42 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
04/06/06 19:31:42 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
04/06/06 19:31:42   URL http://linda:5801
Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/' not found - ignoring
xrdb: colon missing on line 96, ignoring line
/home/lba/.vnc/xstartup: line 5: FontPath: command not found
/home/lba/.vnc/xstartup: line 13: exec: xfce: not found



Part of the problem is that the
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce
that I copied to ~/.xinitrc
is very complex and seems to use relative paths.
It's attached.

Maybe I could use a simplier .xinitrc file?
My xinitrc files for other window managers are much simpler.

I found out today that another twm (another wm) worked perfectly.
Probably the others do also so perhaps I'll have to give up on xfce 
although I like it very much.


Larry

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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux
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