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Questions about TigerVNC, an open-source, platform-neutral VNC server and client software.

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TigerVNC segfaults X on startup

I'm trying to setup TigerVNC + VGL on my archlinux, with an Nvidia RTX3090 graphic card, propriatary driver. I've followed instructions from Arch's wiki : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VirtualGL ...
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"Failed to enable unit" error enabling vncserver on RHEL 9

I have installed Tiger VNC Server on RHEL 9, but when I try to enable the service I get the following error: # systemctl enable vncserver@.service Failed to enable unit: File multi-user.target: ...
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VNC server fails to start with an error vncserver: couldn't find "/usr/bin/vncpasswd

I had installed tigervnc for my RHEL 7. After that I forgot the password when was trying to connect via VNC viewer, so I uninstalled the package and removed the /usr/bin/vncpasswd file along with it. ...
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How to run vncserver/tigervncserver/Xvnc on Debian 11 as a PAM enabled service

I have a Debian 11 EC2, and want to enable multiple users to connect using the noVNC client to their own desktop remotely. I've installed lightdm (no greeters), xfce4 and tigervncserver. When a user ...
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WSL2 Kali-Linux Win-KeX Stopped Working Without Root

I have been able to use win-kex for a long time until today. Now I am having an issue where running kex gives me the following error: However, I am able to run sudo kex and it works fine, minus that I ...
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How do I troubleshoot a tigervnc connection?

Sorry about the vague subject, but I am having several problems with VNC, and I really want to understand how better to troubleshoot this in general. I have two servers, hercules and hermes: # ...
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TigerVNC permission/display issue?

I just have tigervnc service set up on my debian PC with xfce4 desktop like: #/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service [Unit] Description=Remote desktop service (tigervnc) After=syslog.target network....
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How can I set up tigervnc to require user login when starting a session?

I have successfully set up tigervnc-server on my Fedora 36 KDE desktop machine. The systemd service is running flawlessly with the configurations on point. I can connect to it and use it without any ...
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TigerVNC Server Crashes when Client Connects

I've installed "tigervnc-standalone-server" on my Raspberry PI 3 model b+ with Ubuntu Mate "Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS" (not raspbian), configure and set-up vncserver as system service. I'...
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VNC (tigervnc) via 'actual' ssh tunnel

I understand that vnc which is not encrypted or secure usually is used via an ssh tunnel. I currently have the native Ubuntu 20.04 VNC server (vino-server) working via an ssh tunnel. The ssh tunnel is ...
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VNC Server : Could not connect: Connection refused

VNC server suddenly stopped working on RedHat Linux. Now when I start vncserver, I get an error. XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed ...
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How to open vscode in the current VNC display?

I have three VNC displays running - hostname:1 hostname:2 and hostname:3. I tried to open vscode in hostname:3, but it opens in hostname:1. Is there a way to open vscode in the current display without ...
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How to configure ssh agent forwarding for vncserver correctly?

I am connecting to my host with localhost>ssh -A myhost this makes my locah ssh-agent to forward it's key to remote host. On remote host I can myhost>ssh -A myhost2 and it works. Now I run ...
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Returning to login page on RHEL 8 after setting up remote desktop access

I have encountered a weird issue with my RHEL 8 VM (using VMware workstation) , after i have done the remote desktop setup using RHEL 8 - Remotely accessing the desktop as multiple users. I have ...
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Cant connect to my tigervnc server hosted on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

Did some basic debugging. VNC session is created vncserver -list TigerVNC server sessions: X DISPLAY # RFB PORT # PROCESS ID :1 5901 4479 Port 5901 is enabled in firewall sudo ufw ...
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TigerVNC not working on Fedora

Using this guide: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/rawhide/system-administrators-guide/infrastructure-services/TigerVNC/#TigerVNC.adoc#configuring-vncserver It is a single user setup, at ...
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Can launch Vncserver GNOME Desktop Session from CLI, but get "Oh no! Something has gone wrong!” when using a Startup Script or Systemd

Posting this because I've seen a lot of similar posts in searching for a solution, but no solution. The issue is that I can launch a vncserver session to create a GNOME desktop by issuing a command in ...
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Finding root cause of TigerVNC multi-minute pauses via ComCast; why "* * *"

What are some techniques for tracking down root cause(s) of intermittent, sometimes very long delays in TigerVNC sessions? Working remotely via SSH using TigerVNC. Most of the time the screen is ...
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How to add X509 certificate TLS encryption in tigervnc in linux?

In tigervnc, how to add and deploy X509 certificate TLS encryption in linux environment?
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Unvisible application content within VNC / XFCE

I do have a weird render issue of some applications that I'm running within a tigervnc session on a remote host where XFCE is started. As you can see from the screenshot, while applications display ...
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WSL Win-Kex problem att VNCServer, X DISPLAY not found, any Help :D

Hello, to day i tried to install kali Linux in my windows 10 i need any help please ┌──(root💀DESKTOP-KN54U4A)-[~] └─# kex -start output: Error connecting to the KeX server. Please try "kex ...
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Where can I learn the syntax for VNC related commands and files?

This is really a question on learning strategy. I am new to Linux and seem to know only two strategies: Get a 500 page text book and plow through it. (I am plowing through a book on System ...
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VNC server full screen display is too small

On a centOS 7 remote server I have installed tigervnc. On Windows the viewer I am using is RealVNC Viewer. The configuration at /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@\:1.service [Unit] Description=Remote ...
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"Accept clipboard from viewers" not working in Tiger VNC on KDE RHEL 7.4

When running vncserver and vncconfig -display :1 &, the clipboard works only from the server to the client, but not from the client to the server, even though Accept clipboard from viewers is ...
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can't launch kex on wsl2 : error 10061

I recently had to disable-reenable my WSL2 on windows (because i needed to launch a VM) and after restarting, it seems like my kex stopped working. When I simply type "kex", I get the ...
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Any DM not working on fedora

I was just trying to use vncserver and unfortunately I cluttered every thing, what should I do now to start GDM again. whenever I reboot I see a black screen, I searched a lot but there's not a single ...
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VNCviewer password error

I am attending a course in which the software (cadence) is installed on the university unix server. To have access the following instruction is shared by the course team. I am using a MAC system. ...
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How to increase maxclients on Xvnc

I'm running a headless VNC server (TigerVNC with Xfce). I need to increase the maximum allowed number of X clients because I'm hitting the 256 limit (yes I've got that many) and I get the "...
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Win-Kex Screen Resolution

I've started using the Win-Kex package in order to create a GUI for WSL2 Kali Linux. It runs okay, however the tigerVNC viewer appears blurry & hard to read. After investigating, I discovered ...
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Connect to VNC server inside a docker / podman container with Login screen

We're currently trying to get a Ubuntu 18.04 instance up and running inside a podman container. Our goal is to be able to connect to the linux system inside the container via VNC, we're trying to make ...
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How to setup a VNC Server on Linux?

How to configure and secure a VNC server on Linux with TigerVNC? (on a screen less server or a classic machine) Since the VNC Server (TigerVNC) configuration is the same on most Linux distributions ...
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