Ubuntu Server - VNC issue - Will not connect unless im logged in

DJMK4 · 15 Oct 2009 at 20:07

Hi,

Iv managed to get VNC working fine over LAN/WAN, however it will only connect if i log into the box manually (not through command line etc) but physically turn on the monitor and login to ubuntu

Is there anyway to stop this from happening so I can login even from a cold boot in the morning as i usually turn it on when I goto work, but usually its not attached to a monitor.

Thanks

DJMK4 · 17 Oct 2009 at 00:07

VNC Server does not look like its running until you log into ubuntu using the GUI.

DJMK4 · 18 Oct 2009 at 16:31

Any other tips on getting VNC server running straight off a boot without logging into Ubuntu, havnt had a chance to get on this but im going to try what was mentioned in deadite's post above.

I need someway of either getting VNC server running straight from a cold boot (as at the moment VNC will only run if you log into the Ubuntu box from the ubuntu login) or some way of initiating VNC server from a remote machine using putty.

Thanks, will let you know how I get on.

DJMK4 · 18 Oct 2009 at 19:17

so the following code

Code:

su - username -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 16 -geometry 1152x864 :1' &

replacing username with my username

place somewhere in the /etc/rc.local file? where about in that file?

DJMK4 · 18 Oct 2009 at 20:17

.walls said:
I haven't got the foggiest if switching user in a script will work! I would however have thought that you would either want it running as root (which it will do by default if it's in rc.local), or more preferably a service account.

When you installed the vnc server - did you do it from your distros repos? If so - have you checked to see if an init script was created for you - as this would be the preferred method (you can just add that script to the boot sequence)

I installed VNC server not from the root account but from one of the accounts I created when I installed Ubuntu (darren).

could you point me in the right direction to this init scrip and how do I add it to boot sequence?

DJMK4 · 18 Oct 2009 at 22:05

.walls said:
try "sudo apt-get install tightvnc", then "sudo /etc/init.d/vncserver"

(if tightvnc isn't there - "apt-cache search vnc | grep server" should give you a list of vnc servers you can install)

If that's successful - you can add it to your bootup sequence a tool like like rc-update or chkconfig.

Im sorry but im still not understanding,

I already have VNCServer installed, why do I need to install tightvnc?? with regards to the bootup sequence, where is this and how do I edit this to include VNC.

DJMK4 · 20 Oct 2009 at 19:29

Thanks for your help on this

Im going to give this a go tonight

DJMK4 · 20 Oct 2009 at 20:12

Ok, tightvnc installed and all working, all I need to do is to add tightvnc to boot sequence, iv had a look on google but cant find what I need