Edit /etc/sysconfig/tvncservers and specify the TurboVNC Server
instances you want to start, as well as their associated display
numbers, user accounts, and command-line arguments.  Then do

sudo systemctl enable tvncserver
sudo systemctl start tvncserver

On 5/10/18 4:02 PM, torsten wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to start "/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver" automatically at boot
> time by a systemd unit (OS is Ubuntu 16.04). I used these instructions:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/systemd/Units/
> https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/systemd/Service_Units/
> https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/systemd/systemctl/
> 
> This is the content of my service unit file:
> 
> [Unit]
> Description=TurboVNC-Server
> 
> [Service]
> Type=simple
> User=torsten
> Group=users
> WorkingDirectory=~
> ExecStart=/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver
> 
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> 
> When I start "/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver" manually,
> "/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver -list" writes this:
> 
> TurboVNC server sessions:
> 
> X DISPLAY #     PROCESS ID
> :1              14184
> 
> The displayed process id represents the Xvnc process created by
> vncserver, which is the X server used to display the TurboVNC session.
> 
> When I kill this server using "/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver -kill :1" and
> start the above service unit using systemctl,
> "/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver -list" writes the same (only the prosess id
> differs), but a process with the new process id doesn't exist (and the
> TurboVNC Viewer fails to connect). I compared the log files written by
> both vncserver calls. They are completely identical (only the time
> stamps differ). So where is the Xvnc process gone when started through
> systemd? Is there a way to get more log file content, that could tell
> me, why Xvnc won't run? If needed I can give some more detailed infos.
> 
> Kind Regards
> Torsten

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