On 24 Feb 2024 at 10:10, Sam Varshavchik wrote: From: Sam Varshavchik <mr...@courier-mta.com> To: Fedora Users List <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> Subject: tigervnc server configuration limitation Date sent: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:10:42 -0500 Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> I'm not sure when Fedora switched to the current tigervnc systemd-based > configuration, but: > > I've been using tigervnc to log in to an Ubuntu box, and it was simple to > set up tigervnc on Ubuntu for remote access. I just tried the same on Fedora > and was informed that launching vncserver was "deprecated", and pointed > towards the documentation for Fefora's systemd-based configuration. > > Reading through that, the following limitation is a showstopper for me: > > # # Limitations > # You will not be able to start a Tigervnc server for a user who is already > # logged into a graphical session. > > That's a no-go for me. My Fedora system is configured to automatically log > into a graphical desktop. This won't work for me, then. Not sure on the latest version of tigervnc on Fedora, for a while I was able to have it work, but had to change the configuration to have the vnc use XFCE (heard others had used mate or other) but the wayland/gnome 3 definitely do not allow for dual user sessions local/vnc. I eventually moved to using turbovnc. https://turbovnc.org/ It installs in /opt/TurboVNC/ with the programs in bin subdirectory. Configuration is done via /etc/sysconfig/tvncserver Note change port number to xx and changed user id to userid. Would need to select your userid and the port want to use. 5900+xx One thing. I create a link to the vncviewer since it doesn't place file in /usr/bin /usr/bin/vncviewer -> /opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncviewer I do have it set to use -wm xfce, so would need to install the xfce group, or whatever desktop manager you want. If nothing else an option that might work for you. # The VNCSERVERS variable is a list of display:user pairs, separated by # spaces. # # Uncomment the first line below to start a TurboVNC session under the account # 'myusername' (adjust this to your own username) and listening on Display :1. # You will also need to configure a VNC password (run # 'man -M {TurboVNC_directory}/man vncpasswd' for instructions) or another form # of authentication. See the TurboVNC User's Guide for more information about # the authentication methods available in TurboVNC. If you intend to connect # to the TurboVNC session over an untrusted network, then it is strongly # recommended that you configure the session to require TLS or SSH encryption. # Refer to the TurboVNC User's Guide and the Xvnc man page # ('man -M {TurboVNC_directory}/man Xvnc') for more information. Set the # VNCSERVERARGS[n] variable in order to specify arguments that should be passed # to vncserver when creating the TurboVNC session for Display :n. Refer to # the TurboVNC Server man pages ('man -M {TurboVNC_directory}/man vncserver' # and 'man -M {TurboVNC_directory}/man Xvnc') for a list of possible arguments. # VNCSERVERS="1:myusername" # VNCSERVERARGS[1]="" VNCSERVERS="xx:userid" VNCSERVERARGS[xx]="-wm xfce -geometry 1600x845" It does create a systemd thing?? systemctl status tvncserver ● tvncserver.service - LSB: Starts and stops the TurboVNC Server Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/tvncserver; generated) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: active (exited) since Thu 2024-02-22 15:51:40 ChST; 2 days ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) CPU: 36ms > > This is not a limitation on Ubuntu. It's too bad that Fedora cannot do the > same. > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mi...@guam.net mailto:msetze...@gmail.com mailto:msetze...@gmx.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
