I want to run vncserver
on startup How I can do it in startup file directly or create a custom Command via alias
if possible
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First, install the TightVNC server
sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
.Set up the VNC server for the user you wish to log in as. When you run "vncserver" for the first time, it will ask you to set a password. only allow SSH tunnelled or VPN connections. To launch programs or a session when your VNC session starts, modify
~/.vnc/xstartup
. Here is an example.#!/bin/sh xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid black /opt/azureus/azureus & k3b & icewm-session &
Copy the following into
/etc/init.d/vncserver
. The easiest way to do it is to copy it to your clipboard, runsudo -i && cat > /etc/init.d/vncserver && exit
in a terminal, paste it in, and type CTRL-D. Be sure to change the USER variable to whatever user you want the VNC server to run under.#!/bin/sh -e ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: vncserver # Required-Start: networking # Default-Start: 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin/" # The Username:Group that will run VNC export USER="mythtv" #${RUNAS} # The display that VNC will use DISPLAY="1" # Color depth (between 8 and 32) DEPTH="16" # The Desktop geometry to use. #GEOMETRY="<WIDTH>x<HEIGHT>" #GEOMETRY="800x600" GEOMETRY="1024x768" #GEOMETRY="1280x1024" # The name that the VNC Desktop will have. NAME="my-vnc-server" OPTIONS="-name ${NAME} -depth ${DEPTH} -geometry ${GEOMETRY} :${DISPLAY}" . /lib/lsb/init-functions case "$1" in start) log_action_begin_msg "Starting vncserver for user '${USER}' on localhost:${DISPLAY}" su ${USER} -c "/usr/bin/vncserver ${OPTIONS}" ;; stop) log_action_begin_msg "Stoping vncserver for user '${USER}' on localhost:${DISPLAY}" su ${USER} -c "/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :${DISPLAY}" ;; restart) $0 stop $0 start ;; esac exit 0
Make the script executable with
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/vncserver
.- Finally, connect to your server with a VNC client on port 590X, where X is the value of "DISPLAY" in the vncserver script. On OS X, I like to use Chicken of the VNC. On Windows and Linux, the TightVNC client works nicely.

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