[SOLVED] vncserver

toxine · 05-10-2010, 04:36 PM

Hello everyone

I am trying auto load vncserver at startup; i edited "/etc/rc.local" however it didnt work

.
here's when i nano /etc/rc.local

Code:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

exit 0
su - user -c "cd /home/user && vncserver :1 -geometry 1680x1080 -depth 24"

my second question is that when i run vncserver from terminal after logging in, i get a gray screen on vnc viewer.

however, if run vncserver as root, it works fine but the keyboard doesn't function correctly (i get wrong keystrokes)

my nano ~/.vnc/xstartup

Code:

#!/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 $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
gnome-session &

thanks.

bathory · 05-10-2010, 05:13 PM

Hi,

You have to remove "exit 0" before the command execution, because it causes the script to exit before running your command

Regarding the vncserver, you should use

Code:

exec gnome-session &

according to this post.

Regards

toxine · 05-10-2010, 05:36 PM

thank you vncserver auto boot now works.

now im having the keyboard issue. different keystrokes result different output.

toxine · 05-10-2010, 05:50 PM

I think i screwed up ~/.vnc/xstartup

I have two ~/.vnc/xstartup, the root one and user one.

root:

Quote:

#!/bin/sh (-)
# Add the following line to ensure you always have an xterm available.
( while true ; do xterm ; done ) &
# 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 $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
gnome-session &

user

Quote:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources&
exec gnome-session

bathory · 05-11-2010, 12:38 AM

Hi,

Dunno about gnome, but maybe this can help you with the keyboard problem.

BTW, why don't you use the same xstatup for both user and root? Note also that is always better to run servers as a non privileged user for security reasons

Regards

toxine · 05-11-2010, 03:04 PM

okie, i just formatted, no more keyboard problem lol

however, now when i nano ~/.vnc/xstartup

Quote:

#!/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 $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
x-window-manager &

I cant find "twm &" to replace it with "exec gnome-session &"
Do i need more packages maybe?
:"(

bathory · 05-11-2010, 03:39 PM

Hi,

twm is a window manager. Perhaps you didn't install it, but you don't really need it.
You can replace "x-window-manager &" with "exec gnome-session &" in xstartup

Regards

toxine · 05-11-2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Hi,

twm is a window manager. Perhaps you didn't install it, but you don't really need it.
You can replace "x-window-manager &" with "exec gnome-session &" in xstartup

Regards

thank you so much!