Ian, I've only had a short time to look at this, the editing look good to me (copy below). I'm still at the stage where server screen displays ... Failed to load session "Ubuntu", and I have no VNC access. #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: unset SESSION_MANA...

Hi there, This sounds like a problem with the xstartup. Have you edited it exactly as I've described on this page ? Scroll down to the "Ubuntu Version Precise Pangolin 12.04LTS" section. If you'd like me to give it the once over for you please type the following in a Putty session and pas...

Hi All, Probably should have jumped in here first. Just wetting my feet in building a server, and outlined a problem elsewhere. My experience dates back to the DOS days, though I'm sure that is very rusty now. I feel a local server would be a very useful addition, and would help with a couple of des...

Hi Everyone, My first post ... Just for info my only experience in linux has been confined to browsing, email etc. + some image editing in Gimp (I'm more familiar with Photoshop). That's it. Re. the server build, I'm on my second attempt following Ian's tutorial ... the install goes fine, installing...