Hi Bob question on getting TurboVNC running

[Phil Marsh]

This is Ubuntu 24.04.
Oddly enough, thor,  my server running Ubuntu 22.04 can start the TurboVNC
server (vncserver) from a Telnet window.
Thanks,
Phil

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM Phil Marsh <microcraftx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, if I start TurboVNC server on a terminal opened at consol (on my
> local monitor rather than Telnet) TurboVNC server starts and its logfile
> contains the text at the end:
>
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> xstartup.turbovnc: Creating new session bus instance:
> xstartup.turbovnc:
> unix:path=/tmp/dbus-XSpMzGYbFQ,guid=3749806eaf5c1e208f48a16467b507d6
> xstartup.turbovnc: Using 'xubuntu' window manager in
> xstartup.turbovnc:   /usr/share/xsessions/xubuntu.desktop
> xstartup.turbovnc: Executing /etc/X11/Xsession "startxfce4"
>
> I'm wondering why TurboVNC server fails to start in a Telnet terminal
> (using this over OpenVPN when I'm remote)?
> Thanks!
> Phil
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM Phil Marsh <microcraftx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,
>> I was wondering if you or anyone else could kindly help me with a problem
>> using TurboVNC.
>> If I log into my machine using Telnet and try to start TurboVNC from the
>> command line it fails. The logfile is attached.
>> I think these are the important lines showing the failure:
>>
>> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
>> xstartup.turbovnc: Creating new session bus instance:
>> xstartup.turbovnc:
>> unix:path=/tmp/dbus-ATPDyrqwtE,guid=fa8e0d6a693c79d3511ff9b167b50124
>> xstartup.turbovnc: The session desktop file for the default window
>> manager was
>> xstartup.turbovnc:   not found at:
>> xstartup.turbovnc:   /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop
>> xstartup.turbovnc:   /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Phil
>>
>
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