This note explains how to run the Gnome-based Java Desktop System (JDS) in a VNC server in distributions based on OpenSolaris. Why would you want to do this?

I run SXDE in a VMware Fusion VM on my Mac. The VMware tools has a bug that breaks cut and paste. With VNC, I use Chicken of the VNC which allows me to cut and paste between Mac and JDS.
If you run VNC on a remote Solaris host, you can disconnect and reconnect and still keep your session.

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This note explains how to run the Gnome-based Java Desktop System (JDS) in a VNC server in distributions based on OpenSolaris. It is not about using VNC with the Xen-based XVM hypervisor that is also part of recent OpenSolaris builds. Why would you want to run a VNC server?

I run SXDE in a VMware Fusion VM on my Mac. The VMware tools have a bug that breaks cut and paste on the virtual graphical console. I use Chicken of the VNC which allows me to cut and paste text between Mac and JDS.
If you run VNC on a remote host running OpenSolaris, you can disconnect and reconnect and still keep your session without logging out.

Starting with OpenSolaris Nevada build 76, a VNC server comes pre-installed with the OS. SXDE 1/08 which is based on at later version also includes VNC. Here is one way to get a VNC server running.

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+This note explains how to run the Gnome-based Java Desktop System (JDS) in a VNC server in distributions based on OpenSolaris. Why would you want to do this? 
 I run SXDE in a VMware Fusion VM on my Mac. The VMware tools has a bug that breaks cut and paste. With VNC, I use Chicken of the VNC which allows me to cut and paste between Mac and JDS.
  If you run VNC on a remote Solaris host, you can disconnect and reconnect and still keep your session.
 

Starting with OpenSolaris Nevada build 76, a VNC server comes pre-installed with the OS. SXDE 1/08 which is based on at later version also includes VNC. Here is one way to get a VNC server running.
  Create ~/.vnc/xstartup containing:
 

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unset SESSION_MANAGER
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+[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
# vncconfig is for cut and paste
vncconfig -iconic &
gnome-session&

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VNC Setup for OpenSolaris^? Nevada

How to Run Gnome on VNC

Create ~/.vnc/xstartup containing:

#!/bin/sh
metacity &
unset SESSION_MANAGER
gnome-session

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