26.15. Configuring a VNC Server

26.15. Configuring a VNC Server

You can configure a VNC server using by navigating to System, Preferences, and selecting Remote Desktop. Alternatively you can run the vino-preferences command.

Follow these steps to run a dedicated VNC server session:

  1. Edit the ~/.vnc/xstartup file to start a GNOME session whenever vncserver is started. The first time you run the vncserver script it will ask you for a password you want to use for your VNC session.

  2. A sample xstartup file: 

    #!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#twm &
if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ; then
	eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax –exit-with-session`
	echo "D-BUS per-session daemon address is: \
	$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"
fi
exec  gnome-session