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Date:      Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:17:31 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
To:        Ken Quach <duckeo@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xvnc + inetd
Message-ID:  <42BE9CDB.5040502@u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <89415954050626001752c3c470@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <89415954050626001752c3c470@mail.gmail.com>

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Ken Quach wrote:

>I'm trying to turn FreeBSD5.4 into a 'terminal server' of sorts,
>allowing users to VNC in to access various network related utilities.
>
>What I'm seeing is a gray screen when connecting into vnc, which I
>know is indicative of not having a window manager set up.
>
>My question is when running xvnc through inetd, I can specify which
>user to run it as.
>
>I've tried using root and nobody, as well as a 'vnc' user which I
>created. In all cases it seems not to read the ~/.vnc/xstartup file as
>I expect it would (e.g. /root/.xvnc/xstartup).
>
>I've followed various guides to ensure settings are correct but now I'm stumped.
>
>Various config files are below. Any ideas as to what else I need to change?
>
>  
>
Uhm, why not just use kdm? It appears that all you need is a X[dm] login 
based server and you don't need Xvnc at all. Refer to ssh's information 
on X port forwarding and info on how to setup kdm properly.
-Garrett



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