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folatt

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Registered: 2015-08-01

Posts: 96

Black screen tigervnc

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My ~/.vnc/xstartup:

GNU nano 2.5.3                                             File: xstartup                                                                                                
 
#!/bin/sh
 
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
OS=`uname -s`
if [ $OS = 'Linux' ]; then
  case "$WINDOWMANAGER" in
    *gnome*)
      if [ -e /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
        PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome/bin
        export PATH
      fi
      ;;
  esac
fi
if [ -x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]; then
  exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
fi
if [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]; then
  exec sh /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
fi
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
twm &

~/.vnc/vncserver:1.log

Mon Mar 14 21:30:43 2016
 Connections: accepted: [::1]::43176
 SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
 SConnection: Client requests security type VeNCrypt(19)
 SVeNCrypt:   Client requests security type TLSVnc (258)

Mon Mar 14 21:30:45 2016
 VNCSConnST:  Server default pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little-endian rgb888
 VNCSConnST:  Client pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little-endian rgb888

Mon Mar 14 21:30:51 2016
 Connections: closed: [::1]::43176 (Clean disconnection)
 EncodeManager: Framebuffer updates: 1
 EncodeManager:   Tight:
 EncodeManager:     Solid: 1 rects, 786.432 kpixels
 EncodeManager:            16 B (1:196609 ratio)
 EncodeManager:   Total: 1 rects, 786.432 kpixels
 EncodeManager:          16 B (1:196609 ratio)

Last edited by fukawi2 (2016-04-14 23:13:31)

nopcodex90

Member

Registered: 2016-07-14

Posts: 2

Re: Black screen tigervnc

I had the same issue, and I think its due to either GDM or gnome trying to handle everything related to X. I never had success with Gnome over vnc and installed XFCE4 just for my remote sessions, allowing my GNOME for my home desktop. And in the xinitrc file I remove all of the lines except for:

#!/bin/sh
xsetroot -solid grey
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#twm &
exec startxfce4

But one thing was in the wiki, it wanted you to start a VNC session on :1, I went with :4. Like this:

systemctl --user start vncserver@:4

Then everything start working for me.