Hi Chris,
This method you outline is very much the same as for tigervnc that I used, so
I'm not sure that I'm going to get any different result changing to tightvnc? I
really like to just sort out the one I installed.
What is the trick to bind the vncserver to the LAN interface?
Looking at example outputs of 'netstat' and 'ss' online I think it confirms my
vncserver is only listening on localhost, if it was listening on the LAN I
should be seeing 0.0.0.0 under local address like:
State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port
Peer Address:Port
LISTEN 0 5 0.0.0.0:5901
0.0.0.0:*
Am I interpreting this correctly?
Regards,
Bryce.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
[email protected]
Sent: Monday, 24 September 2018 4:59 PM
To: Canterbury Linux Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Linux-users] Headless Ubuntu 18.04.1 - connect to desktop from
Windows?
Hi-ho,
To get xfce to start under vncserver:
$ sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver
run vnc server to get it a password, then kill it:
$ vncserver
$ vncserver -kill :1
edit the file: ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/bash
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startxfce4 &
re-run vncserver, with some geometry settings which are more often than not
helpful:
$ vncserver -geometry 1280x800
You might find that the tab key does not work in the xfce environment..
Fix for that:
edit
~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
find the line
<property name="<Super>Tab" type="string" value="switch_window_key"/>
and change it to
<property name="<Super>Tab" type="empty"/>
Cheers, Chris H.
On 2018-09-24 16:46, Bryce Stenberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been having a go with this today using vncserver and xfce as
> suggested.
> When I tried it initially just with my gnome desktop I got connected
> but only a checkered unusable sort of display once connected.
> So I tried using xfce, but rather unsuccessfully, got all a bit messed
> up, so start again....
>
> This time I installed Ubuntu server (rather than desktop and didn't
> join it to the domain), so a basic setup.
> Installed all the bits and bobs to run vncserver with xfce from
> Robert's link.
> However, from my pc I can't connect yet, I get the message "The
> connection was refused by the computer".
> I checked the firewall is off.
> vncserver is running and listening on port 5901.
>
> One thing I wasn't sure of was whether it was listening on the network
> interface or just localhost. Most of the instructions seem aimed at
> localhost and using SSH to forward the ports, but I don't want that
> additional layer as it is being run on a trusted network. Not sure if
> there are better commands on Linux, I tried these next ones, showing
> applicable output:
> $ ss -ltn
> State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port
> Peer Address:Port
> LISTEN 0 5 127.0.0.1:5901
> 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN 0 5 [::]:5901
> [::]:*
>
> $ netstat -ea | grep 5901
> tcp 0 0 localhost.localdom:5901 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> user 25415
> tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdo:5901 [::]:*
> LISTEN user 25416
>
> Does this mean my vncserver on port 5901 is only listening on
> localhost?
> If so, how do I make it listen on everything, or at least the LAN?
>
> Regards,
> Bryce.
>
_______________________________________________
Linux-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
_______________________________________________
Linux-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
