Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 03/12/2009 08:35:20
PM:
> Not sure if this is the correct forum but here goes.
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> I have access to a RHEL5 system running as a guest under zVM5.3
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> As I am not very familiar with the Linux command set I thought I would
take
> the easy way out and use the GUI approach.
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> I putty to the RHEL system and have started a VNCSERVER session. When
I
> point my VNC Viewer at this instance from a Windows box I get a crude
> desktop with an Xterm window. Into that Xterm I issue gnome-session.
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> That's when the fun starts - every window that opens starts as a
'skeleton
> like grid' attached to the mouse pointer - wherever I left-click the
real
> window is placed. This behavior is annoying and I can't figure out how
to
> get it to behave as one would expect. Much Googling hasn't enlightened
me
> either.
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> Can anyone help me out here ??
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> Bern - VK2KAD
Edit ${HOME}/.vnc/xstartup to change your window manager.
Ray Higgs
System z FCP Development
Bld. 706, B24
2455 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666
rayhi...@us.ibm.com
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