Instructions on how to set up the VNC sessions environment

Last updated 2018-06-28 by Adam Lu

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• Log in to a terminal

• Type the following command to set a password for VNC sessions:

    vncpasswd
  

• (Note: this step is already done for all current users on fishfish) Perform one of the following to use the XFCE desktop for VNC sessions:

  • Create or modify the file ~/.vnc/xstartup (vi ~/.vnc/xstartup) to contain the following (comment out everything else):

      #!/bin/sh
            
      # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
      unset SESSION_MANAGER
      unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
            
      # Start an XFCE desktop
      startxfce4 &
            
      # Turn clipboard on
      vncconfig -nowin &
    

    Note: This information is also stored in sample_DOTvnc_xstartup_adam.txt.

  • Type this command to use Adam’s settings for all configuration files:

      # setup_dotfiles.sh is in /usr/local/bin
      bash setup_dotfiles.sh adam
    

  • Type this command to use Adam’s settings for all configuration files set up desktop icons and soft links as well:

      # setup_homedir.sh is in /usr/local/bin
      bash setup_homedir.sh adam