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Thanks Shag. I might reinstall my server and this time clone it before I start messing with desktops & VNC!
Have used xfce4 a while back, seemed ok. Not planning to do anything fancy via desktop anyway.
Cheers.

Found this and it worked for me. Gnome desktop working. I must add I also have my intel graphic card driver stack up to date with 3D acceleration.
#!/bin/sh
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
x-window-manager &

gnome-panel &
gnome-settings-daemon &
metacity &
nautilus -n &
gnome-terminal &


Kryspy

So this is quite different to the main site howto.
Anyone else tried ... before I have a crack :P
Love to see the main howto updated with something working!

Edit 20/7 - tried xfce4 and working fine, thanks.

Thanks Kryspy! That worked for me. Replace everything exactly as he has written it. You can copy the old file if you are unsure if it will work.

Edit: they keyboard doesn't work. In particular S and H. If I type in all caps it is fine.

Hi, I am having similar issues with vncserver under 14.0.4.1 LTS.


I used Kryspy's solution to get VNC working, but i am having some strangeness going on.

First off, I am experiencing keyboard issues like the above user with the S and H keys.


Also, whenever I got to Places menu and click on Computer or Trash, I get "Could not open location 'computer://'" operation not supported.

It's like some component is missing or not installed.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Hi guys,

I've now updated my vnc guide for 14.04 and it seems to be working as expected. Not quite as great as the good old days but better than before: VNC on Trust Tahr 14.04LTS

If anyone wants to try it out (maybe on a VM?) I'd love to hear how you get on.

Ian.

I successfully installed gnome now but cannot open synaptic, settings or download things. I did not have this issue with xfce4. has anyone else had this issue? How can I make mine work?

Thanks,
Shag

Edit:
I ended up sticking with xfce4. I have used both gnome and xfce4 and in a vnc session I couldn't seem to get gnome to run correctly with permission as if it were installed on a desktop.

Hi, need some help with VNC, I keep getting a blank screen when I connect. I have followed the guide and made changes suggested by the guide.

Startup script:

#!/bin/sh

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

#[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
#[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#x-window-manager &

metacity &
gnome-settings-daemon &
gnome-panel &

I'm fairly new to this, so any help would be much appreciated.

xfce4 seems to work well, so I've stuck with that on my server.
Might be worth a look to see if it will satisfy your requirements (just turn off the fiberlamp screensaver - seems to chew up a lot of cpu cycles when idle!)