Am Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2021, 10:06:27 CEST schrieb Julius Hamilton: Could be an environment problem. Try to open a shell, then start firefox or chrome from the commandline. Maybe then you might see, why it does not start.
If the other system is a linux system, you can also connect with ssh and start gui applications. Note, you must use the tag -X with ssh, like ssh -X -l myusername host_or_IP Good luck! Hans > Hey, > > I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox in it. > > I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after installing Firefox, > Chromium and Chrome I find they don’t open when I launch them. > > Is this because I am root user? > > Is it just because you should always run browsers as non-root? > > Thanks very much, > Julius
