No Launcher or bars on desktop when running from a VPS

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Published on 2012-10-24T13:41:49Z Indexed on 2012/10/24 23:16 UTC
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I'm using tightVNC on Ubuntu 12.10 and can see and change the desktop background pic. I can also press f3 to get a file viewer.

But there is no topbar or left side launcher.

I do not think its an nvidia problem because I'm using a VPS and I logon remotely.

I've tried so many variations of /root/.vnc/xstartup such as

gnome-session &, or gnome-session –-session=gnome-classic &, my head is spinning.

I've seen other people have this issue and was wondering if anyone solved it.

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