Many users and developers have reported problems with running sugar-emulator, which uses Xephyr. As an alternatice, you can run sugar inside a VNC session. To accomplish this, install a complete set of VNC packages (both server and client) and create a <code>~/.vnc/xstartup</code> file containing the code below:
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Many users and developers have reported problems with running sugar-emulator in its default window manager, Xephyr. As an alternative, you can run sugar-emulator in a VNC session. To accomplish this, install a complete set of VNC packages (both server and client) and create a <code>~/.vnc/xstartup</code> file containing the code below:
#!/bin/sh
#!/bin/sh
exec ~/sugar-jhbuild/sugar-jhbuild run dbus-launch --exit-with-session sugar
exec ~/sugar-jhbuild/sugar-jhbuild run dbus-launch --exit-with-session sugar
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Note: The above code assumes that sugar-jhbuild is installed in the <code>~/sugar-jhbuild/</code> directory.
Now, you may run Sugar by creating a VNC session and accessing it using a VNC viewer. E.g.:
Now, you may run Sugar by creating a VNC session and accessing it using a VNC viewer. E.g.: