I can't start tightVNC at startup with systemd

[MAFoElffen]

Installed and running as a service:

mafoelffen@lunar-server-01:~$ sudo systemctl status vncserver@1.service
● vncserver@1.service - Start TightVNC server at startup
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service; enabled; preset: e>
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-03-09 06:49:27 UTC; 9s ago
    Process: 10199 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :1 > /dev/null 2>&1 (c>
    Process: 10203 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x800 -l>
   Main PID: 10214 (Xtightvnc)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 4555)
     Memory: 12.7M
        CPU: 103ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/system-vncserver.slice/vncserver@1.service
             ├─10214 Xtightvnc :1 -desktop X -auth /home/mafoelffen/.Xauthority>
             └─10222 xfce4-session

Mar 09 06:49:26 lunar-server-01 systemd[1]: Starting Start TightVNC server at s>
Mar 09 06:49:26 lunar-server-01 vncserver[10199]: Can't find file /home/mafoelf>
Mar 09 06:49:26 lunar-server-01 vncserver[10199]: You'll have to kill the Xtigh>
Mar 09 06:49:27 lunar-server-01 vncserver[10203]: New 'X' desktop is lunar-serv>
Mar 09 06:49:27 lunar-server-01 vncserver[10203]: Starting applications specifi>
Mar 09 06:49:27 lunar-server-01 vncserver[10203]: Log file is /home/mafoelffen/>
Mar 09 06:49:27 lunar-server-01 systemd[1]: Started Start TightVNC server at st>
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On connect it frags out for me... See screenshot in the attachment... That was with Remmina: localhost:59000.

Thing is I can connect via xrdp ans ssh -X. I don't understand why, but TightVNC was tweaky for me. Could be that I was doing it on Lunar 23.04.

I should say that I followed the tutorial, but couldn't really agree with the use case. That tutorial is to setup a vncviewer/vncserver on the same machine. Most use-cases are to connect to a remote computer, not to the same computer. That use case is confusing for me, on why someone would need to do that.

On doing ssh -X forwarding to start the desktop apps an a remote computer- It worked for me if you wanted to open a Grahical Terminal session on from the remote on the local desktop. There were possibilities there, but not any more than if you were doing straight ssh to it. I could not remotely start a file manager remotely through X Forwarding. I don't know what else to try with that... Just to say it was limited.

That same VM connected fine doing xrdp and x2go...

[zenvice]

I think the procedure I followed shows the installation of a viewer and a server, but of course in practice it is not on the same machine. I'm interested in the server because the viewer works well from a distance. I am on my side on ubuntu 22.04 and start in Xorg/ubuntu. So much the worse, thank you for your time anyway, I hope that the fuses do not blow anymore in your home hehe. I'll look for other solutions and will share them here if I find them.

[zenvice]

For my mental health, I finally opted for the rdp, as explained in this link for an Ubuntu 22.04 system: https://www.digitalocean.com/communi...n-ubuntu-22-04


Goodbye to you