Bug 1633811 - No guidance on how to run vncserver with DE environments other than Gnome (Xfce, KDE, etc.)
Summary: No guidance on how to run vncserver with DE environments other than Gnome (Xf...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: tigervnc
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Grulich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-09-27 19:26 UTC by Robert Moskowitz
Modified: 2020-01-15 15:53 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-01-15 14:59:13 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Robert Moskowitz 2018-09-27 19:26:13 UTC
Description of problem:

There is no directions on ~/.vnc/xstartup commands if DE is not Gnome.  E.G. Xfce or KDE.

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


How reproducible:

Very

Steps to Reproduce:
1.   First must start vncserver for user
2.   This creates ~/.vnc/xstartup
3.   Edit xstartup with information gleaned via google for desired DE
4.   Restart vncserver
5.   Connect to vncserver with vnc client

Actual results:

Multiple steps are needed to set up vncserver for an non-gnome DE

Expected results:

vncserver detects installed DE and adjusts xstartup accordingly.

Additional info:

1.  I could not find any definitive information for using vncserver with the Xfce DE.  Others report the same challenge for other DE.

2.  Only way to get a ~/.vnc/xstartup file to edit is to start vncserver and it fail, or start improperly.  There should be a documented command that at least creates a skeleton xstartup prior to running vncserver.

3.  The ~/.vnc/config file should be used to set a DE variable for systems with multiple DE installed.

Comment 1 Jan Grulich 2020-01-15 14:59:13 UTC
By default the xstartup script doesn't preffer any particular DE, it runs /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc where it gets decided which DE to run etc.

Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2020-01-15 15:53:12 UTC
In particular, if enhancements are desired, those need to happen in xorg-x11-xinit


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