[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Bug#984826: tigervnc-standalone-server: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

[Joachim Falk]

Hi Matthias,

I tried to replicate the problem, but could start the mate desktop just fine.
I will attache my configuration. I used

apt install mate-core

and used the default configuration in /etc/tigervnc. Moreover, I have

[bash joachim at xerstin:~]$ ls -la ~/.vnc/
drwxrwxr-x   2 joachim joachimg  4096  8. Mär 22:19 .
drwxr-x--x 187 joachim joachimg 20480  8. Mär 22:29 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 joachim joachimg  6098  8. Mär 22:28 alpha.jfalk.de:5901.log
-rw-rw-r--   1 joachim joachimg     6  8. Mär 22:19 alpha.jfalk.de:5901.pid
-rw-------   1 joachim joachimg     8  8. Mär 22:12 passwd
-rwxr-xr-x   1 joachim joachimg    91  8. Mär 22:10 xstartup

[bash joachim at xerstin:~]$ cat .vnc/xstartup
#! /bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
exec /usr/bin/mate-session

I used the following command to start.
[bash joachim at alpha:~]$ tigervncserver --localhost no

New Xtigervnc server 'alpha.jfalk.de:1 (joachim)' on port 5901 for display :1.
Use xtigervncviewer -SecurityTypes VncAuth,TLSVnc -passwd /home/joachim/.vnc/passwd alpha.jfalk.de:1 to connect to the VNC server.

I used tigervncserver --list to confirm that the server is running.
[bash joachim at alpha:~]$ tigervncserver --list

TigerVNC server sessions:

X DISPLAY #     RFB PORT #      PROCESS ID      SERVER
:1              5901            29417           Xtigervnc

Moreover, connecting to alpha.jfalk.de:1 with a VNC viewer gets me the mate desktop environment.

Can you try to start something simpler to determine where exactly the problem is?
Use something like: tigervncserver --localhost no --xstartup /usr/bin/xterm
This should get you a VNC session running a simple xterm.

Best,

Joachim
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