VNC Server CentOS 7 Specify Window Manager

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I have a simple question, how do I specify a gnome session with VNC
Server. I correctly setup up the connections but when I log in all I get is a blue screen with a checkbox in the upper left corner saying “Accept clipboard from viewers”.

My guess is that I am loading generuc X11 by default. How do I specify in the etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:4.service file that I want it to load gnome?

I tried editing my .vnc/xstartup file but that seems to have no effect.

my xstartup file

#!/bin/sh

exec gnome-session &
~

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  • Never mind. I tried it again and it worked with just the gnome-session in the xstartup file.