When I login locally I launch KDE.

No session is in Gnome unless I connect to it via VNC.

Thanks for the other tips. I'll give them a whirl.

EM

"jebblue" <n@n.nnn> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:11:54 +0000, em wrote:
>
>> twm launches if I comment startkde and uncomment twm.
>>
>> Thanks for the link but no go with the ".xsession". I read in the kde
>> site that there was limitation with KDE desktop on VNC greater than
>> 800x600 but dropping it down hasn't fix it either.
>>
>
> Silly question - are you sure that KDE is actually installed on the
> machine you are connecting to?
>
> Try changing twm to startx.
>
> Also is Gnome already running on that machine? Or for that user account
> locally on the machine?
>
> Could it be KDE wants a certain font? http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/
> index.php/t-80199.html
>
> One last thought try "exec startkde &".
>
> Hmm one more thought, check the logs in ~/.vnc for hints as to what's
> going on, also log onto the machine and execute "sh -x ~/.vnc/xstartup"
> and see if you get any error hints.
>
> --
> // This is my opinion.