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[HELP] Easy VNC steps
Does anyone have easy to follow steps to install vnc server on Debian 12 that uses KDE? seems all the instructions online use Mate or XFCE. I want it to load the same desktop i see when I’m on the system.
EDIT i should say i want this to be headless. When system comes up i want to be able to just connect, i dont want to have to open an application manually.
It should not matter what desktop you use since ~/.vnc/xstartup just calls whichever desktop you have designated. I run Tigertvncserver on a headless RPi4 running a full 64bit Debian (not Raspberry Pi OS).
Steps:
ssh User@DebianBox
sudo apt install tigervncserver
vncpasswd [password]
sudo nano /etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users
[password]
[add the following]
:1 User
[save & exit]
sudo nano /etc/tigervnc/vncserver-config-defaults
[password]
[add the following if you trust your network :-)]
$localhost = "no";
$SecurityTypes = "VncAuth,Plain";
[make sure you end each line with a semi-colon ";"]
[save & exit]
touch ~/.vnc/xstartup
nano ~/.vnc/xstartup
[add this to file]
#!/bin/bashxrdb "$HOME/.Xresources"xsetroot -solid greyexport XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1/etc/X11/Xsessionstartxfce4 &
[save & exit]
[This will bypass any login and immediately open the desktop (in my case XFCE)]
sudo systemctl start tigervncserver@:1.service
[password]
sudo systemctl status tigervncserver@:1.service
[password]
[if it all works then]
sudo systemctl enable tigervncserver@:1.service
[password]
sudo systemctl enable tigervncserver@:1.service
Thank you so much for taking time to write all this! i got it working, only extra step i had to take was running vncserver manually and it asked for password. after that it starting working great
Thanks a lot for this writeup! I've wasted hours trying to make it work but this way helped me out greatly!
I used your instructions on my brand new Debian 12.4 installation with XFCE but the service shuts down immediately. The only difference was that I had to use:
sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server
because apt couldn't find package tigervncserver.
When I check the status it looks like this:
$ sudo systemctl status tigervncserver@:1.service
tigervncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2023-12-31 21:36:16 CST; 1min 51s ago
Duration: 70ms
Process: 12803 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/tigervncsession-start :1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 12810 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 16ms
Dec 31 21:36:16 eq systemd[1]: Starting tigervncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC)...
Dec 31 21:36:16 eq tigervncsession[12810]: pam_unix(tigervnc:session): session opened for user zzzz(uid=1000) by (uid=0)
Dec 31 21:36:16 eq systemd[1]: Started tigervncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC).
Dec 31 21:36:16 eq tigervncsession[12810]: tigervncsession: tigervncserver exited with status=1
Dec 31 21:36:16 eq tigervncsession[12810]: pam_unix(tigervnc:session): session closed for user zzzz
Dec 31 21:36:16 eq systemd[1]: tigervncserver@:1.service: Deactivated successfully.Any thoughts on how I can find the problem from here?
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So i installed the app. Im able to almost connect, asks for password but doesnt go through to actually connect. I also setup unattended access but that password didnt work.
My end goals is to have this running in the background on boot so i can connect. It seems like this requires you to open the app first.
