VNC setup on Lubuntu 20.04 LTS ~/.vnc/xstartup

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• yoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

  April 2021 edited April 2021

  xstartup is magic.
  You keep putting random commands found on the Internet, and it will eventually work.
  Maybe start with:

  xclock &
  

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  The full xstartup in my computer account at college:

  #!/bin/sh
  
  unset SESSION_MANAGER
  
  cat /etc/lsb-release | grep precise
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]
  then
          gnome-session --session=gnome-classic
  fi
  
  exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
  
  [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
  [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
  xsetroot -solid grey
  vncconfig -iconic &
  

  This works for Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04.

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  Nowadays I use xvnc0 to avoid complications of xstartup.

  Thanked by 1bulbasaur
• skorupion Member, Host Rep

  April 2021

  @yoursunny said: xvnc0

  what dat?
• rcxb Member

  April 2021

  @skorupion said:
  What config should I use in ~/.vnc/startup to have VNC working on lubuntu.
  Currently, it only shows a gray screen and an x as a cursor.

  Have it launch an xterm. Then you can try different commands and see which one starts up a desktop environment for you.

  Eventually, you probably want something like:

  while true
    startlxqt
    sleep 5
  done