Vnc Ubuntu 14.04 destop don't show menus icon

Question

Just like the picture shows above, no application icon showed in the taskbar, my /home/sdfsd/.vnc/xstartup file are like this:

#!/bin/sh
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1  
unset SESSION_MANAGER  
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS 

gnome-session &
gnome-panel &  
gnome-settings-daemon &  
metacity &  
nautilus &  
gnome-terminal &

I don't know what's wrong with it after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04

Solution

This could work for you :

open a terminal and go root by running

sudo -i

run following commands to Update:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Install Ubuntu Desktop & Gnome-fallback by running following command one at a time:

apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

Once installed ubuntu desktop and gnome-fallback Install and start GDM

apt-get install gdm

if you already installed GDM ,gnome before use

dpkg-reconfigure gdm

and choose GDM

service gdm start

once choosen gdm, Install TightVNCServer and set password

apt-get install tightvncserver
vncserver -geometry 1024x768 :1 //It will ask for a password
vncserver -kill :1

Once all this succeed edit xstartup file, i.e, ~/.vnc/xstartup:

nano ~/.vnc/xstartup

Paste this in:

#!/bin/sh

unset SESSION_MANAGER
/etc/X11/xinint/

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
x-window-manager &
# Fix to make GNOME work
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
#/etc/X11/Xsession

gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback &

Then start a new vnc connection:

vncserver -geometry 1024x768 :1

And login, you should see a screen with a menu bar at the top that looks a bit like this: http://i.imgur.com/xvsKOY3.png

or simple solution use xfce4 instead of gnome

# apt-get install gnome-core xfce4 firefox nano -y --force-yes

and use this xstartup file

#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
startxfce4 &

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &

xfce4 is way better and faster than gnome for vnc on ubuntu.

Comments

[user542598]

Hi,I just follow your instructions to install tightvncserver, but when I run vncserver, it display this error:Undefined subroutine &main::INADDR_ANY called at /usr/bin/vncserver line 459.