Cannot start xfce from vnc startup script

[Larry Alkoff]

Andrew Conkling wrote:
> 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".
>

Hello Andrew and thanks for your response.

I looked up the docs on xfwm4 and put it in my last line of xstartup as
exec xfwm4
but it didn't run xfce.

FWIW this is the vnc log file which doesn't tell me much:

lba at linda .vnc $ m linda:1.log
07/06/06 16:03:19 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3dev7
07/06/06 16:03:19 Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Constantin Kaplinsky
07/06/06 16:03:19 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
07/06/06 16:03:19 All Rights Reserved.
07/06/06 16:03:19 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
07/06/06 16:03:19 Desktop name 'X' (linda:1)
07/06/06 16:03:19 Protocol versions supported: 3.7t, 3.7, 3.3
07/06/06 16:03:19 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
07/06/06 16:03:19 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
07/06/06 16:03:19   URL http://linda:5801
xrdb: colon missing on line 96, ignoring line
Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":1.0".

Larry

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