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#1 2016-08-30 10:20:37

dkaparis
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Registered: 2015-04-25
Posts: 11

VNC with Xfce problem

I have trouble using VNC virtual sessions with my Xfce desktop system, something that was working till a couple of weeks ago.

My ~/.vnc/xstartup file:

#!/bin/sh

unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
exec startxfce4

Starting vncserver produces the following log file:

Xvnc TigerVNC 1.6.0 - built Dec 25 2015 15:38:10
Copyright (C) 1999-2015 TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.txt)
See http://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC.
Underlying X server release 11800000, The X.Org Foundation


Tue Aug 30 12:53:17 2016
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on all interface(s), port 5901
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :1

When I connect to the session with a client, I get a message box:
Unable to contact settings server
Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-aGg7nXMx5r: Connection refused

The desktop backgroud appears briefly, then another message box pops up:

Unable to get connection to the message bus session
Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-aGg7nXMx5r: Connection refused

after which a blank screen remains.


If I comment out the "unset" lines in xstartup, then the log output is:

Xvnc TigerVNC 1.6.0 - built Dec 25 2015 15:38:10
Copyright (C) 1999-2015 TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.txt)
See http://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC.
Underlying X server release 11800000, The X.Org Foundation


Tue Aug 30 12:56:09 2016
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on all interface(s), port 5901
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :1
xfce4-session: Another session manager is already running

When connecting to the session, only blank screen appears.

Relevant packages installed versions:

xfce4-session 4.12.1-4
xfce4-settings 4.12.0-5
xfdesktop 4.12.3-2
xfwm4 4.12.3-2
tigervnc 1.6.0-1

Any ideas?

TIA

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#2 2016-09-05 12:28:02

andreworg
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Registered: 2016-09-05
Posts: 3

Re: VNC with Xfce problem

Same thing happening to me on ARM.
I have had limited success running xfce4-session manually.

See this:

https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopi … 240#p53240

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#3 2016-09-05 18:16:28

steff
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Registered: 2009-01-08
Posts: 57

Re: VNC with Xfce problem

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#4 2016-12-05 16:29:30

ould
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Registered: 2007-05-22
Posts: 124

Re: VNC with Xfce problem

dbus-launch xfce-session

in ~/.vnc/xstartup worked for me.

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#5 2020-07-09 14:05:22

Archpaca
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Registered: 2020-07-09
Posts: 1

Re: VNC with Xfce problem

dbus-launch startxfce4

worked for me

Last edited by Archpaca (2020-07-09 14:08:32)

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#6 2020-07-09 14:24:56

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,334

Re: VNC with Xfce problem

Glad to hear, however please don't empty post bump a 4 year old thread.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping%22

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