Ron Rechenmacher said... |... could be on the same node (different X servers) or from different node |(same home dir via nfs). |Currently, I've tried both kde and gnome and have had problems although I have |not done any configuration to address the issue. |The issue/situation is this: |I want to be able to log onto a physical console and also (while still logged |onto the physical console) start a vncserver (same user, hence same home dir |where configuration is stored) which will have the same (kde or gnome) |desktop/window manager as the physical console. [snip] |Anyway, does anyone out there have an experience with this situation or |similar? | |Oh, one answer could be to use a less sophisticate desktop/window manager |environment (i.e fvwm2) and not use icons but just have |desktop-click-pop-up-menus. We've had a number of savvy users spend time on this, and the answer they came up was always the same-- use a different WM. Lately, however, many of us have gotten away from running a separate VNC server. Is there a reason not to just use the VNC extension of the X server directly, or to run x11vnc? The only downside I'm aware of to these is security; while you're using them remotely they are viewable (and useable) by someone locally. OTOH, with many dual head cards, this is the only way to go. -Miles