Tiger VNC startup in RHEL 7
OS: RHEL 7
Used the instructions here:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-TigerVNC.html
Expected behavior:
systemctl start vncserver@:4.service should report a successful start.
Actual behavior:
Job for vncserver@:4.service failed. See 'systemctl status vncserver@:4.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
Workaround: start vncserver manually by USER with "vncserver" command with no arguments. This means that for every server restart, each VNC user has to SSH in and initialize a vncserver manually, figure out which port it opened on, and connect to that. Sometimes users connecting this way report only a black screen w/ a cross-pointer.
Issue: What can I do to make the config files load VNC service (with active GUI) for each user automatically at boot-up, to their assigned TCP ports?
Command line log:
sudo systemctl start vncserver@:4.service Job for vncserver@:4.service failed. See 'systemctl status vncserver@:4.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. [stanasa@localhost ~]$ sudo systemctl status vncserver@:4.service vncserver@:4.service - Remote desktop service (VNC) Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vncserver@:4.service; disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2014-07-30 15:26:03 EDT; 10s ago Process: 13245 ExecStart=/sbin/runuser -l stanasa -c /usr/bin/vncserver %i (code=exited, status=98) Process: 13238 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || : (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Jul 30 15:26:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: vncserver@:4.service: contr... Jul 30 15:26:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Remote desk... Jul 30 15:26:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit vncserver@:4.service e... Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. ########### Content of /lib/ vncserver@:4.service, OWNED by root ... [Unit] Description=Remote desktop service (VNC) After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking # Clean any existing files in /tmp/.X11-unix environment ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :' ExecStart=/sbin/runuser -l stanasa -c "/usr/bin/vncserver %i -geometry 1200x900" PIDFile=/home/stanasa/.vnc/%H%i.pid ExecStop=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > /dev/null 2>&1 || :' [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ####### Content of home/USERNAME/.vnc/xstartup, owned by USERNAME #!/bin/sh unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc &
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