Comments on: Setting up a resumable remote login to ubuntu with vnc

By: j4y

j4y — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:44:05 +0000

Thanks for documenting this. It worked perfectly for me.

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Getting vnc4server on ubuntu 8.10 working « Yong’s Blog — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:07:24 +0000

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By: webwolf

webwolf — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:41:00 +0000

Slight update, for anyone that’s unable to get vnc4server working with anything other than an x-session ( grey screen with a black x cursor ).

All the guides Ive seen seem to bring in the workaround of backpedalling to use vncserver ( example, the xstartup file mentioned above, is only read by vncserver not vnc4server *vncserver is included with vnc4server for backward compatability* )

This is a known bug in the latest version of vnc4server.
Workaround:

**Follow the guides for setting up vnc4server but instead of using the new vnc4server just use the old gutsy version ( may not have the latest security updates, but it works perfectly and loads your default x-session first time )**

edit your repodepo sources list:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

:to include:
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse

:just paste them in at the top of the file.
now update your repodepo:

sudo apt-get update

:and downgrade / install the gutsy version of vnc4server:

sudo apt-get install vnc4server/gutsy

:the repos dont stay in ubuntu’s archive for ever, you may find a few posts stating you should use the edgy version, edgy has been removed from archive, but I can confirm that the gutsy version works as @ 22/10/2008.

The bug may have been resolved in the latest 8.10 version of ubuntu too, I havent tried yet. also if you would like to try different down/up grades, just swap out “gutsy” with the version you would like to test ( Ensure the version of ubuntu archives you would to test is listed here:

http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/

:happy hunting:

By: nahum

nahum — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:28:21 +0000

I did a quick search and found the post that WebWolf mentioned above.

Post url = https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/control-center/+bug/61381/comments/63
Thread url = https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/control-center/+bug/61381

By: nahum

nahum — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:56:29 +0000

Cool, thanks for that, Certainly much easier than the solution I ended up following through with.

I couldn’t agree more with you about taking notes when installing or setting something up. I often hit up howtoforge.com which has some really good guides, but I’ve never followed one exactly so have had to cut and paste their guides into my own notes…

By: webwolf

webwolf — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:51:54 +0000

Hi, Got this from Ubuntu Launchpad, ( Sorry dont recall the url ).
I can confirm it fixes the “Gnome Theme Setting manager” crashing when the Gnome session starts, tested on Ubuntu 8.04, using vnc4server ( latest version on the repodepo as @ 18/10/2008 ).

“I can confirm the problem being reported for VNC. The solution is this:

In your ~/.vnc/xstartup file put the following:
#!/bin/sh
vncconfig -iconic &
eval `dbus-launch –sh-syntax –exit-with-session`
gnome-session &

Then chmod 744 xstartup, and your problem should be fixed. Again, this only applies to the VNC issue.”

Worked a treat for me. :)
Ive had hell trying to get this VNC server working in my virtual machine ( after I setup years ago on my headless server )

*good tip, log all your actions that work for you and write up a how to guide ;) itl save your bacon, and maybe a few others will benefit too*