Cannot start xfce from vnc startup script

[Andrew Conkling]

On 6/7/06, Larry Alkoff <labradley at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I am still having trouble using vnc's vncserver xstartup script to start
> xfce.
> Can anyone tell me what executable to run xfce in a vnc session?
>
>
> Everything is ok except starting the xfce executable.
>
> So far I have tried in the last line of the xstartup script:
> exec /usr/bin/startxfce4
> exec /usr/bin/xfce4-session
> but neither displays xfce in the result vnc session.
>
> In an older version of xfce on another machine it is only necessary to have:
> exec xfce
> but there is no xfce anywhere on my new system.

Based on your last two messages, I wonder if just running the WM would
do it.  Try "xfwm4".