HOWTO: Set up VNC server with resumable sessions

[thenuge26]

i am trying to set up ubuntu as a headless server, and i am having trouble accessing it remotely via vnc. i remember before i ran through the setup, vnc would work through vino, however, without a monitor plugged in, i could not change the resolution. anyways, i ran though the guide here, and when i try to access the server from my windows box, i get this error.

connection failed - error reading protocol version

possible causes:

- you've forgotten to select a DSMPlugin and the server uses a DSMPlugin
- Viewer and server are not compatible (they use different RFB protocoles)
- bad connection

if it is indeed that my viewer (ultraVNC) is not compatible, do you guys know of a windows viewer that is compatible?

thanks in advance for any help

[sefs]

How do you enable the loopback for vnc4server? It's needed when connecting over ssh.

Thanks.

[sefs]

Hi,

following some advice earlier to test this thing I am getting this error

Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 70000000, The X.Org Foundation


Wed Sep  3 00:24:12 2008
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5902
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
pokeymon@pokeymon:~$

This is the command I run

 sudo /usr/bin/Xvnc :2 -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -once -fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd

I am also getting lots of those errors in syslog

Sep  3 00:02:23 pokeymon xinetd[12445]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Sep  3 00:02:23 pokeymon xinetd[12446]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Sep  3 00:02:23 pokeymon xinetd[12447]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Sep  3 00:02:23 pokeymon xinetd[12448]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Sep  3 00:02:23 pokeymon xinetd[12449]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected

How can i solve this.


Edit:

following this link http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2007/...dgy-gnu-linux/

in /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc

I changed this line...

server_args = -inetd :1 -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -once -fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd

to this

server_args = -inetd :1 -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -once -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd -extension XFIXES

NB: the -extension XFIXES at the end... i could not get it to work without that.
As well as the font path...there is a subtle change there as well.

[popie]

Your fonts path is incorrect. See post #458 in this thread for updated setup instructions.

The font path should be: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc

[kacheng]

@jon.breakdesign

Thanks for your post. I had the same error messages. I tried a series of policy changes, but could not get it working.

However, I found this easy solution:

sudo adduser USER netdev
sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-b...msg102963.html

Which I think essentially has the same effect (setting the user's policies correctly).

Thanks

Hi Guys

Finally got vnc working nicely in hardy.

I also had the theme change errors.

When i looked in ~/.xsession-errors i see....

** (nm-applet:15671): WARNING **: <WARN> nma_dbus_init(): could not acquire its service. dbus_bus_acquire_service() says: 'Connection ":1.314" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo" due to security policies in the configuration file'


Now I'm not sure if I'm talking rubbish here but authorizations [system->administration->auhorizations] generally isn't set up to allow certain stuff to happen when you are not logged in on a local terminal....which you don't have when you are logged in via Xvnc....its remote...so..

anyway to cut a long story short I messed around in the authorizations tab [system->administration->auhorizations] (you are going to need to do this for stuff like HAL too otherwise you won't be able to mount usb drives in gnome over vnc) and also under the gnome tab in there..you should change the settings to change system settings to allow anyone with admin authentication if you want the policykit unlock boxes not to be grayed out over vnc

and then i also installed the .debs for vnc4server from this url as mentioned on the previous page..

http://www.francescosantini.com/inde...=linux&lang=en


and that was it..everything worked from there....so for me changing authorization policies and installing those debs sorted out performance and also that theme and usb mount problems...


Notes: My /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc file has the following lines to it:

service Xvnc
{
type = UNLISTED
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/bin/Xvnc
server_args = -inetd :1 -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -once -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd -extension XFIXES
port = 5901
}

@mediajunkie I know this is a really n00b silly question but on hardy you are allowing the port your vnc service is to run on through your firewall?

oh lastly if you don't feel like plugging the monitor back in and logging in on the local console again, and want to change a bunch of stuff under authorizations that you are not authorized to change under your account on a non local terminal (even if you are an admin) then very briefly enable the root account log in as root over vnc change what you have to and disable the account again.

[DasNiche]

I am getting the common problem, when I enter

vncviewer localhost:1

I get the output:

"VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.1 for X - built Apr 16 2008 13:02:40
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.

Sat Sep 6 03:18:07 2008
CConn: connected to host localhost port 5901
main: read: Connection reset by peer (104)"

And get a pop up error message saying "read: Connection reset by peer (104)".

I followed the instructions exactly and I'm getting really frustrated because I can't figured this out. Also I am running 8.04 Hardy Heron if that helps. Any help is GREATLY appreciated, thanks!

[Dethecus]

Same problem as above, have followed this guide to the letter and the box is just refusing connections. I can VNC to it just fine when it's logged in but not to GDM

I've tried several different things from around the net with no success, I also noticed that when you enable XDMCP through the menu's it is still set as "enabled = false" in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

Any help would be greatly appreciated, this is basically a fresh install and it's the last thing I need to get working!

[popie]

@Dethecus, If you followed the first post in this thread, it won't work. Many things have changed since this thread began.

I listed the entire process, step by step, that works for me (every time) in the following post in this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=458

[Dethecus]

@Dethecus, If you followed the first post in this thread, it won't work. Many things have changed since this thread began.

I listed the entire process, step by step, that works for me (every time) in the following post in this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=458

Well I just tried those steps of yours exactly on both my Ubuntu computers and it didn't work on either =\

Still getting connection refused.

[jiji2k]

@popie - thank you so much for the tutorial, it works like a charm!

however is there a way to have concurrent VNC connections? like multiple connections with the same username so people share the desktop without having to log off, right now when i try to login again with the same username it says "VNC authentication faild!"
thank you!