Bug 1294367

Summary: x0vncserver won't start during XFCE4 startup
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dominique Brazziel <sixerjman>
Component: xfce4-sessionAssignee: Kevin Fenzi <kevin>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 23CC: bphinz, jgrulich, kevin, nonamedotc, twaugh
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Description Dominique Brazziel 2015-12-27 18:38:45 UTC
Description of problem:
The following was added to the 'Session and Startup / Autostart' section:

/usr/bin/x0vncserver -display :0 

But the server does not start.  Instead the 'usage' message shows possible
options:

TigerVNC Server version 1.5.0, built Nov 19 2015 14:19:46

Usage: /usr/bin/x0vncserver [<parameters>]
       /usr/bin/x0vncserver --version

<* snip *>...

The server starts fine with the same options if started from the
command line from ssh or within a terminal on the host.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Add x0vncserver to the Autostart list

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
No active server

Expected results:
Active VNC server

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dominique Brazziel 2015-12-27 22:29:44 UTC
Workaround is to put the command in a script:

#!/bin/sh
#
# startvnc0 - Start the x0vncserver
#
/usr/bin/x0vncserver -display=:0

Comment 2 Jan Grulich 2016-01-11 14:25:28 UTC
Isn't that a bug in xfce? When it works when you start it manually or when you use the script above then it doesn't look like a problem in tigervnc, but rather in "Session and startup" xfce part.

Comment 3 Dominique Brazziel 2016-01-17 19:50:19 UTC
It would seem so.  I will see if I can reassign this to package 'xfce4-session'.

Comment 4 Kevin Fenzi 2016-01-19 22:22:01 UTC
When you add the command, can you attach the .desktop file thats made in ~/.config/autostart/ for it? That should hopefully tell us whats going on...

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