Trying to configure VNC on Ubuntu 18 for remote desktop

kmkocot · 04-07-2020, 07:00 PM

Hi all,

I'm trying to configure VNC on an Ubunut 18 workstion for remote desktop following this approach:
https://www.digitalocean.com/communi...n-ubuntu-18-04

I'm having trouble starting the vnc server because of a pulseaudio(?) issue, but I do not care about having audio. Any suggestions for how I can bypass this error to specify I don't need / want audio?

Code:

wirenia@wirenia:~$ sudo systemctl start vncserver@1
Job for vncserver@1.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
See "systemctl status vncserver@1.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Code:

wirenia@wirenia:~$ journalctl -xe
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.g
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.f
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.g
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activated service 'org.gnome.z
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.f
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.f
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia org.freedesktop.portal.Documents[22212]: fuse: failed to open mountpoint for re
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia org.freedesktop.portal.Documents[22212]: error: fuse init failed: Can't mount f
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.f
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.g
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[22212]: [23:55:27.469667 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.v
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[22212]: [23:55:27.469901 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.v
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[22212]: [23:55:27.470368 CRITICAL] file ext-fts.c: l
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[22212]: [23:55:27.486728 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.v
Apr 07 18:55:27 wirenia zeitgeist-datah[22427]: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:227: Unable to get name "org.gno
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia pkexec[22531]: wirenia: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia rtkit-daemon[1619]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia rtkit-daemon[1619]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia rtkit-daemon[1619]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia rtkit-daemon[1619]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia rtkit-daemon[1619]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia dbus-daemon[1265]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' un
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] module-x11-bell.c: XkbQueryExtension() failed
Apr 07 18:55:29 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-bel
Apr 07 18:55:52 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activating service name='org.g
Apr 07 18:55:52 wirenia gnome-screensav[22542]: Couldn't get presence status: The name org.gnome.Sessio
Apr 07 18:55:52 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:54 wirenia dbus-daemon[1265]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.bluez': timed out (
Apr 07 18:55:54 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.
Apr 07 18:56:26 wirenia org.freedesktop.Notifications[22212]: org.kde.knotifications: WaitForName: Serv
Apr 07 18:56:26 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activated service 'org.freedes
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] module-x11-publish.c: PulseAudio information va
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia kernel: xfce4-panel[22228]: segfault at e4 ip 00007f03f5f78680 sp 00007ffd9e13b
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia kernel: Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 63 f6 48 c1 e6 07 48 03 b7 e8 00
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[22212]: [23:56:55.862192 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.v
Apr 07 18:56:58 wirenia systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Apr 07 18:56:58 wirenia systemd[1]: Failed to start Start TightVNC server at startup.
-- Subject: Unit vncserver@1.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
-- 
-- Unit vncserver@1.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is RESULT.
Apr 07 18:56:58 wirenia sudo[22175]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root

Code:

wirenia@wirenia:~$ systemctl status vncserver@1.service
● vncserver@1.service - Start TightVNC server at startup
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Tue 2020-04-07 18:56:58 CDT; 3min 1s ago
  Process: 22184 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 800x600 :1 (code=exited, status=0/SUC
  Process: 22178 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :1 > /dev/null 2>&1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCE

Apr 07 18:55:52 wirenia gnome-screensav[22542]: Couldn't get presence status: The name org.gnome.Sessio
Apr 07 18:55:52 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Successfully activated service
Apr 07 18:55:54 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.
Apr 07 18:56:26 wirenia org.freedesktop.Notifications[22212]: org.kde.knotifications: WaitForName: Serv
Apr 07 18:56:26 wirenia dbus-daemon[22212]: [session uid=1000 pid=22210] Activated service 'org.freedes
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia pulseaudio[22253]: [pulseaudio] module-x11-publish.c: PulseAudio information va
Apr 07 18:56:55 wirenia org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[22212]: [23:56:55.862192 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.v
Apr 07 18:56:58 wirenia systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Apr 07 18:56:58 wirenia systemd[1]: Failed to start Start TightVNC server at startup.

Thank you!
Kevin

RockDoctor · 04-08-2020, 08:05 AM

I'm running x11vnc as the VNC server on my remote computers (Ubuntu-Mate 18.04 and Fedora 31). I don't have a clue as to the pluses and minuses of the various servers, but after a week of googling and clueless fumbling, this was by far the easiest to get up and running. No sound, but I can deal with that.