Re: vnc

2025-02-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2/16/25 2:25 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: Dear all, Trying to run remina, I follows https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f40/system-administrators-guide/infrastructure-services/TigerVNC/ On the server I edited /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service and set ExecStart=/sbin/runu

Re: vnc

2025-02-16 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Feb 16, 2025, at 05:26, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: > > Feb 16 11:09:32 homere systemd[1]: vncserver@:2.service: Can't convert PID > files /home/pdupre/.vnc/homere:2.pid O_PATH file descriptor to proper file > descriptor: Permission denied Systemd services running as part of the system

Re: vnc

2023-10-11 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
I use tigervnc on my 5 machines. I have it start on each machine using rc.local (rc-local service) runuser -l USER -c 'vncserver :XX -geometry 1600x845' USER is the userid to run it on at startup XX is the Port you want to run in on (02 would be 5902) geometry is for my notebook, so would vary to

Re: vnc

2023-10-11 Thread Roger Heflin
The ports become open/listening by an application running on them. If the application is not running and/or dying when you try to start it then the ports are closed. ss -lnp | grep -E 'tcp|udp' will show you what programs are handling what ports. If nothing is on a given port (it is not reporte

Re: VNC shows black screen

2019-03-17 Thread Chris Kottaridis
I have tried 3 different resolution settings with no difference. Well, the size of the vnc client window changes but the screen remains black in all cases. Again the odd thing is that the Welcome Window shows up for a new user. So, if you can tell it to run a GUI app it seems it will. It's jus

Re: VNC shows black screen

2019-03-17 Thread Eddie O'Connor
Just curious(and understand I have NO "super genius" skills like the 99% of people on this mailing list...I'm just actuallynaturally curious) but what about "resolution" settings?I know I once tried to get an instance of Virtual box running...and I kept getting a blank screen...and it w

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 10/5/18 11:57 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:07:28 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Type=simple ... Replace thus: ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -autokill %i by: ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -fg %i -autokill is useless with -fg Thank you. I will review

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-05 Thread Francis . Montagnac
On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:07:28 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> Type=simple ... >> Replace thus: >>ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -autokill %i >> by: >>ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -fg %i >> -autokill is useless with -fg > Thank you. I will review this. > I updated bug 1633805 > Actua

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 10/5/18 1:58 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:42:16 +0200 francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: Can you try to set Type to simple and thus get rid of the pid stuff. So try: [Service] Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/home/rgm User=rgm Group=rgm PAMName=login ExecStartPr

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-04 Thread Francis . Montagnac
On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:42:16 +0200 francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: > Can you try to set Type to simple and thus get rid of the pid stuff. > So try: > [Service] > Type=simple > WorkingDirectory=/home/rgm > User=rgm > Group=rgm > PAMName=login > ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -ki

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-04 Thread Francis . Montagnac
Hi. On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:10:54 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 9/30/18 2:56 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: >> Hi >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: >>> Robert Moskowitz wrote: It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 9/30/18 2:56 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: Hi On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome. I think that adding the following in the vncserver@.service and/or xvnc@.servic

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 10/1/18 9:34 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: Hi On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome. .. Is this documented anywhere, ideally in a bug report?

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-10-01 Thread Rex Dieter
francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: > > Hi > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: > >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >>> It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than >>> gnome. .. >> Is this documented anywhere, ideally in a bug report? > > I don't know.

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-30 Thread Francis . Montagnac
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 09:35:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 9/30/18 2:56 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: >> PAMName=login >> UtmpIdentifier=%I >> UtmpMode=user > where are those 3 variables defined and documented?

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 9/30/18 2:56 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: Hi On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome. I think that adding the following in the vncserver@.service and/or xvnc@.servic

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-29 Thread Francis . Montagnac
Hi On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:32:43 -0500 Rex Dieter wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than >> gnome. I think that adding the following in the vncserver@.service and/or xvnc@.service, in the [service] section, may solve that proble

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-27 Thread Rex Dieter
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than > gnome. Is this documented anywhere, ideally in a bug report? -- Rex ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email t

VNCserver seems to be working - Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Per the instructions from the Fedoraforum.  Took a bit, but I am mounting USB drive.  Polkit is prompting me for my password and that lets me mount the drive.  Probably because I am in group wheel. So call is off for alternative to vnc and to remember how to do it with SysV.  I am staying with

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-27 Thread
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:25:45 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than > gnome.  Definitely not Xfce that I use.  The work around is nasty:  > Connect via SSH and run vncserver from the command line. But probably > can do it better vi

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-27 Thread Dario Lesca
Il giorno mer, 26/09/2018 alle 10.25 -0400, Robert Moskowitz ha scritto: > So it is time to look at the alternatives. Xpra ? https://www.xpra.org/ Xpra is an open-source multi-platform persistent remote display server and client for forwarding applications and desktop screens. It gives you r

Re: VNCserver seems to be working - Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/27/18 9:28 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Per the instructions from the Fedoraforum.  Took a bit, but I am mounting USB > drive.  Polkit is prompting me for my password and that lets me mount the > drive.  > Probably because I am in group wheel. > > So call is off for alternative to vnc and to

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 9/26/18 4:37 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/26/18 10:25 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome. Definitely not Xfce that I use.  The work around is nasty:  Connect via SSH and run vncserver from the command line. But probably can

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/26/18 10:25 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome.  > Definitely not Xfce that I use.  The work around is nasty:  Connect via SSH > and run > vncserver from the command line. But probably can do it better via SCREEN and > ju

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-26 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 9/26/18 7:25 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: It seems Tiger-vncserver is broken WRT polkit for any spin other than gnome.  Definitely not Xfce that I use.  The work around is nasty: Connect via SSH and run vncserver from the command line. But probably can do it better via SCREEN and just forget

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 9/26/18 12:43 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:25:45 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: So can I have a bit of help in figuring out what to replace my decades-old connection to VNC? I use x2go, but it operates in a completely different fashion from VNC (and I don't think it can al

Re: VNC alternatives

2018-09-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:25:45 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So can I have a bit of help in figuring out what to replace my > decades-old connection to VNC? I use x2go, but it operates in a completely different fashion from VNC (and I don't think it can allow you to share the physical screen, it

Re: VNC Window Manager won't start

2017-04-16 Thread Chris Kottaridis
I got a solution. Seems if you add: Environment=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 to /etc/systemd/systems/vncserver@.service then do: # systemctl daemon-reload # systemctl restart vncserver@:1.service I get a window manager when I log in and everything works as expected. This is using the default xstartu

Re: VNC Window Manager won't start

2017-04-14 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/14/2017 12:53 PM, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > > > On 4/14/2017 12:38 PM, stan wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:02:19 -0500 >> Chris Kottaridis wrote: >> >>> I have a Fedora 25 installation that was setup originally with server >>> installation and have since added gnome desktop package group

Re: VNC Window Manager won't start

2017-04-14 Thread Chris Kottaridis
On 4/14/2017 12:38 PM, stan wrote: On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:02:19 -0500 Chris Kottaridis wrote: I have a Fedora 25 installation that was setup originally with server installation and have since added gnome desktop package groups and others. On the console I get a standard non-graphical login

Re: VNC Window Manager won't start

2017-04-14 Thread Chris Kottaridis
On 4/14/2017 12:03 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/14/2017 12:02 AM, Chris Kottaridis wrote: I have a Fedora 25 installation that was setup originally with server installation and have since added gnome desktop package groups and others. On the console I get a standard non-graphical login promp

Re: VNC Window Manager won't start

2017-04-14 Thread stan
On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:02:19 -0500 Chris Kottaridis wrote: > I have a Fedora 25 installation that was setup originally with server > installation and have since added gnome desktop package groups and > others. > > On the console I get a standard non-graphical login prompt and from > there I ca

Re: VNC Window Manager won't start

2017-04-14 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/14/2017 12:02 AM, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > I have a Fedora 25 installation that was setup originally with server > installation and have since added gnome desktop package groups and others. > > On the console I get a standard non-graphical login prompt and from > there I can type startx and

Re: vnc or remote desktop to a system running Fedora 25

2017-01-08 Thread patman
On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 11:16:23AM -0400, George N. White III wrote: > On 7 January 2017 at 18:32, wrote: > > > Is there a way to VNC (or similar) to another system running Fedora 25? > > > > Do you need to see the same desktop you have when sitting at the system or > can you use a separate Xvnc

Re: vnc or remote desktop to a system running Fedora 25

2017-01-08 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 02:32:23PM -0800, pat...@aracnet.com wrote: > Is there a way to VNC (or similar) to another system running Fedora 25? Sure - run vncserver from the tigervnc-server package on the target system, and connect with the vinagre client (preferably using SSH forwarding). > Do I h

Re: vnc or remote desktop to a system running Fedora 25

2017-01-08 Thread George N. White III
On 7 January 2017 at 18:32, wrote: > Is there a way to VNC (or similar) to another system running Fedora 25? > Do you need to see the same desktop you have when sitting at the system or can you use a separate Xvnc server (probably with some limits, e.g., no or limited OpenGL)? > Do I have to s

Re: VNC and sound

2015-12-15 Thread Mike Wright
On 10/30/2015 06:01 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 10/30/2015 04:25 PM, Chris Kottaridis wrote: I don't seem to get sound. It doesn't seem to come out on my VNC client or on the VNC server's sound card. My remote machine is close enough that I could run a wire from it's sound card to the speakers

Re: VNC and sound

2015-10-30 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/30/2015 04:25 PM, Chris Kottaridis wrote: I am running Fedora 22 on a machine that is off in a closet and am using VNC to access it from a machine at my desk. I followed the instructions in System Admin guide chapter 8: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/System_Administrat

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-24 Thread poma
On 07/23/2014 07:00 PM, poma wrote: On 23.07.2014 10:40, poma wrote: $ grep -v ^# $HOME/.vnc/xstartup startxfce4 $ grep -v ^# /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@\:1.service [Unit] Description=Remote desktop service (VNC) After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStartPre=/bin/sh

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread poma
On 23.07.2014 10:40, poma wrote: $ grep -v ^# $HOME/.vnc/xstartup startxfce4 $ grep -v ^# /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@\:1.service [Unit] Description=Remote desktop service (VNC) After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /d

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread poma
On 23.07.2014 16:32, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/23/14 22:25, Robert Moskowitz wrote: And this is not a bug with the default xstartup script? No. I'd classify it as a deficiency. It works as it is designed. It just doesn't have what you need for xfce. The reason why 'startxfce4' exists. Wh

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/23/14 22:25, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > And this is not a bug with the default xstartup script? No. I'd classify it as a deficiency. It works as it is designed. It just doesn't have what you need for xfce. -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 23 Jul 2014 at 19:40, Ed Greshko wrote: From: Ed Greshko Date sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:40:11 +0800 To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 23 Jul 2014 at 9:49, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:49:33 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/23/2014 10:20 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/23/14 21:49, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 07/23/2014 07:40 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/23/14 19:34, Robert Moskowitz wrote: So I just cp your xstartup to my system and it works now. thanks. So what is wrong with the default script? I am assuming

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/23/14 21:49, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 07/23/2014 07:40 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 07/23/14 19:34, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> So I just cp your xstartup to my system and it works now. thanks. >>> >>> So what is wrong with the default script? I am assuming I need to file a >>> bug repo

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/23/2014 07:40 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/23/14 19:34, Robert Moskowitz wrote: So I just cp your xstartup to my system and it works now. thanks. So what is wrong with the default script? I am assuming I need to file a bug report on it. Nothing is wrong with the default script. if [ -x

Re: kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/23/14 19:34, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So I just cp your xstartup to my system and it works now. thanks. > > So what is wrong with the default script? I am assuming I need to file a bug > report on it. Nothing is wrong with the default script. if [ -x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]; then exec /

kindof fixed - Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/23/2014 02:08 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 23 Jul 2014 at 1:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:47:37 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:vnc not into

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/23/2014 02:08 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 23 Jul 2014 at 1:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:47:37 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:vnc not into

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/23/2014 02:08 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 23 Jul 2014 at 1:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:47:37 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:vnc not into

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-23 Thread poma
$ grep -v ^# $HOME/.vnc/xstartup startxfce4 $ grep -v ^# /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@\:1.service [Unit] Description=Remote desktop service (VNC) After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :' ExecStart=/sbin

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-22 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/23/14 13:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > OK. I believe I figured out what is wrongish. > > I normally run gnome, so in my ~/.vnc/xstartup I have: > > exec gnome-session & > > as the last line. But this fedora 20 arm system is running Xfce! So after a > quick google search, I changed that to:

Re: vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working

2014-07-22 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 23 Jul 2014 at 1:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:47:37 -0400 From: Robert Moskowitz To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:vnc not into gnome but Xfce but still not working Send reply to:

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Eric Tanguy
Le 02/06/2011 15:08, Bryn M. Reeves a écrit : > On 06/02/2011 02:05 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: >> Le 02/06/2011 11:21, Ed Greshko a écrit : >>> On 06/02/2011 04:58 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: Ok but i don't know the vnc server port. I tried telnet vncserver 5901 and i obtained a timeout. Clie

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On 06/02/2011 02:05 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: > Le 02/06/2011 11:21, Ed Greshko a écrit : >> On 06/02/2011 04:58 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: >>> Ok but i don't know the vnc server port. I tried telnet vncserver 5901 >>> and i obtained a timeout. >>> Client side i just obtain : failed to connect to server (

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Eric Tanguy
Le 02/06/2011 11:21, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 06/02/2011 04:58 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: >> Ok but i don't know the vnc server port. I tried telnet vncserver 5901 >> and i obtained a timeout. >> Client side i just obtain : failed to connect to server (ip address). I >> use TightVNC client under Winxp

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
I upgraded a Fedora 14 machine that had vncserver running on it, and it works most of the time. In my it is started by the vncserver service that uses the /etc/sysconfig/vncserver to start it up. On the machine, you could try manually starting it. vncserver :10 vncviewer 127.0.0.1:10 I hav

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/02/2011 04:58 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: > Ok but i don't know the vnc server port. I tried telnet vncserver 5901 > and i obtained a timeout. > Client side i just obtain : failed to connect to server (ip address). I > use TightVNC client under Winxp. According to a google search, vino-server use

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Eric Tanguy
Le 02/06/2011 10:39, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 06/02/2011 04:35 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: >> To test i have disabled the firewall with the same result. > Personally, I don't trust that as a test. > > The way I test, if a vnc client fails to connect, it (from the remote > host) "telnet vncserver port#"

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/02/2011 04:35 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: > To test i have disabled the firewall with the same result. Personally, I don't trust that as a test. The way I test, if a vnc client fails to connect, it (from the remote host) "telnet vncserver port#". Where port# is the port the server is connecte

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Eric Tanguy
Le 02/06/2011 10:31, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 06/02/2011 04:30 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: >> I tried to enable vnc viewing of my gnome3 session. I enabled the >> options in vino-preferences with the network autoconfiguration option >> but when i try to connect with a vnc client from my winxp laptop it

Re: vnc and gnome3

2011-06-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/02/2011 04:30 PM, Eric Tanguy wrote: > I tried to enable vnc viewing of my gnome3 session. I enabled the > options in vino-preferences with the network autoconfiguration option > but when i try to connect with a vnc client from my winxp laptop it does > not work. > Any idea ? > Did you open