33.17. Configuring a VNC Server
To configure a VNC server use the application in > . Alternatively, you can run the
vino-preferences command.
The following steps set up a dedicated VNC server session:
- Edit the
~/.vnc/xstartupfile 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. - A sample
xstartupfile:#!/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
