vncserver not providing gnome desktop

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 21 Jul 2014 at 23:33, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

Date sent:      	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:33:43 -0400
From:           	Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
To:             	Community support for Fedora users 
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Subject:        	vncserver not providing gnome desktop
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> Progress made.  In the end I had to get IPv4 addressing working, as
> VNC only understands IPv4.
> 
> I am connecting over the crossover cable to the headless system via
> vnc, but the screen just shows the little action box on the upper left
> and nothing else.
> 
> I have edited the service file and added the geometry line option and
> reloaded the deamons.  No change.
> 
> I edited the xstartup file as I always do to exec gnome, but nope.
> 
> 
> I am missing something here.  Obviously...
> 
> any tips are greatly appreciated.
>
Below is the xstartup file that I use. I changed it to use xfce since there were 
some gnome processes that were using very high cpu percentages. The 
original values of the xinitrc and twm are commented.


#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
exec  /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc #   X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
startxfce4 &
#twm &
 
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