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This is the content of my ~/.vnc/xstartup file:

#!/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 &
/usr/bin/startkde &

My objective is to land up in KDE desktop environment. I start up the vnc session via ssh using the following command:

vncserver -geometry 1550x950

But I landed up in Gnome desktop. Anything obviously wrong in my configuration?

N.B: I am using Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.

You run

exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

which tells the system "load /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, and overwrite this process by starting that program instead".

In essense, there are two possible outcomes from that:

• 
  /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc cannot be started (because it doesn't exist, or it doesn't have the right permission bits, or whatnot). You get an error message. If you run your scripts with set -e, as you should, your script will also exit.


• 
  /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc can be started. Your program ends, and xinitrc runs in its stead.

Assuming the former isn't the case, this means that your script is equivalent to:

#!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

...and nothing else.

if you want KDE instead of Gnome, you therefore have two options:

1. drop the exec line. This is probably the easier option.


2. Keep the exec line (but drop everything beyond it, for clarity), and configure your default X configuration so it starts KDE rather than gnome.