Hi,
I installed the vnc4server package on Etch. When launching vncserver, I
want to get a "normal" desktop environment, so I uncommented the two
lines in the ~/.vnc/xstartup file which is automatically created:

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

But anyway, all I got was the typical grey screen with the X mouse pointer.
I looked at the vncserver log, and the error reported was:

/username/.vnc/xstartup: line 5: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: Permission denied
/username/.vnc/xstartup: line 5: exec: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: cannot
execute: Success

Indeed, the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file did not have any executable bit
set by default. I did a "chmod +x" on it, and now vncserver works fine.

What I'm wondering now is:

1. How is it that I also have a Sarge machine where the same file is NOT
executable, and vncserver works fine anyway? The xinitrc file is called
from ~/.vnc/xstartup exactly like in Etch, but of course vncserver is
version 3 instead of 4.

2. is it a bad thing having an executable xinitrc?

Any ideas?
Thanks.

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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:21:48 GMT
Marco De Vitis <starless@spin.it> wrote:

> Hi,
> I installed the vnc4server package on Etch. When launching vncserver,
> I want to get a "normal" desktop environment, so I uncommented the
> two lines in the ~/.vnc/xstartup file which is automatically created:
>
> # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
> unset SESSION_MANAGER
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
> But anyway, all I got was the typical grey screen with the X mouse
> pointer. I looked at the vncserver log, and the error reported was:
>
> /username/.vnc/xstartup: line 5: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: Permission
> denied /username/.vnc/xstartup: line 5: exec: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc:
> cannot execute: Success
>
> Indeed, the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file did not have any executable
> bit set by default. I did a "chmod +x" on it, and now vncserver works
> fine.
>
> What I'm wondering now is:
>
> 1. How is it that I also have a Sarge machine where the same file is
> NOT executable, and vncserver works fine anyway? The xinitrc file is
> called from ~/.vnc/xstartup exactly like in Etch, but of course
> vncserver is version 3 instead of 4.
>
> 2. is it a bad thing having an executable xinitrc?
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
>

In my ~/.vnc/xstartup file I put the line

exec sh /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Thus I avoided the need to change the permissions of a system file.

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Marco De Vitis wrote:

> Hi,
> I installed the vnc4server package on Etch. When launching vncserver, I
> want to get a "normal" desktop environment, so I uncommented the two
> lines in the ~/.vnc/xstartup file which is automatically created:
>

I use kde. To get the usual KDE session inside a vnc session, I have

$cat /home/rajulocal/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh

startkde &

$ls -al /home/rajulocal/.vnc/xstartup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rajulocal rajulocal 385 2007-03-08
13:44 /home/rajulocal/.vnc/xstartup

hth
raju

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