[LBo] VNC Issue (Windows Manager already starts)

[Emen Zhao]

Hello Group,

I'm using RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and have vnc-server-4.0-8.1 installed.
The vnc server used to work fine, but today, when connecting to it,
everything on the desktop is gone, only a xterm window stands there alone,
right-click menu not working either. Here is the ~/.vnc/xtartup file.

__BEGIN__
#!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
gnome-session &
__END__


I checked the log of vnc server, it says -
"Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":18.0" already has a window
manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
manager."

This looks more like an issue with windows manager or gnome desktop. Anyone
out there ran into this before? Any pointer appreciated.

Thanks,
Emen