I have been trying to get VNC functionality on a new, textbook install of ML 8.2. I posted here before and with the wisdom of the group, I was successful with TightVNC. However, to earn the title "newbie" I did make some mistakes during the install.
First, I installed it while while in the shell with root privledges. I would like to change that so it is under another account. Secondly, I would like to have this install in the software manager. Questions: Are there .cf files I can edit to change the user for VNC? Where are they or how can I find them? Should I setup a user account just for VNC logins? These questions naturally bring up more. When I login as root, I get a red screen with a calendar-type icon and another icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen and nothing else. If I right click on the screen I get a popup menu similar to the "K" button in the KDE Panel. There is no panel in the red screen. I think root is starting with an x-window that is not KDE. So far I have seen 3 different x-window environments on this system: kde, the red one, and one that has a "Linux" button when the system is not shut down properly. I would like to hear a little explaination on this if anyone has time. To everyone who pointed me in the right direction: Thanks. And thanks to anyone who takes the time for this little epistle too!
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