Is THIS VNC?

[Ryan D'Baisse]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:35:21 -0500, Peter Arremann <loony at loonybin.org> wrote:
> On Monday 27 December 2004 22:20, Michael J. Pawlowsky wrote:
> > Ryan D'Baisse wrote:
> > > Am I missing something or is THIS what VNC consists of?  If this
> > > really is all that VNC has to offer then why would I use VNC instead
> > > of SSH?
> >
> > It's basically a remote X.
> > Put whatever you want to startup in your ~/.vnc/xstartup file.
> >
> > If you want a gnome-session, put that into it.
> > If you only wanted an xclock, you can have that.
> >
> > This is a Linux environment...   you make it into whatever you want it
> > to be...  You only want a term...  you can have that... you want a
> > flashy desktop, which a bunch of applets etc, you can have that.
> >
> > Vivre la difference! Linux gives you the choice!
> >
> >
> > Mike
> 
> Also, one should add that KDE has a internal vnc server (reachable through the
> control panel) that will share the session you're currently logged in. Gnome
> can do the same under the preferences -> Remote Desktop...
> Both of these can be accessed with a vnc viewer easily.
> 


My goal is to use Gnome and have the same GUI that I'm used to on my
desktop.  I edited the "./vnc/xstartup" file on the server.  There
were two lines that said something like "For a normal desktop
uncomment the following two lines."  I did that, but nothing.  I did
not see anything in there to start Gnome however.

Shouldn't there be?

Thanx,
Ryan