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Erik
Asked: 2020-05-14 01:18:45 +0800 CST

uninstalled tigervnc from ubuntu 20.04, now cannot start tightvnc

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I have been trying to get any vnc setup to work for me.. that issue is posted elsewhere.. but one issue in particular now has come up..

I installed and removed tigervnc, but now tightvncserver complains it cannot startup... how do I create a new xvnc-session?

inside myxvncserver:1.log 

13/05/20 10:46:40 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.10
13/05/20 10:46:40 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 TightVNC Group
13/05/20 10:46:40 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
13/05/20 10:46:40 All Rights Reserved.
13/05/20 10:46:40 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
13/05/20 10:46:40 Desktop name 'X' (2600k:1)
13/05/20 10:46:40 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
13/05/20 10:46:40 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/' not found - ignoring
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/' not found - ignoring
/etc/X11/Xvnc-session: 6: vncconfig: not found
Killing Xtightvnc process ID 17651
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I searched elsewhere and someone states "oh just get a new xvnc-session" since tigervnc apparently deletes it (thanks tigervnc)

how do I fix this, so I can connect to ubuntu 20.04 via my mac?

vnc tightvncserver

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try sudo apt purge tigervnc-standalone-server

    What I believe is happening is that you deinstalled the tigervnc-standalone-server package but you did not purge it, thus leaving its configuration such as /etc/X11/Xvnc-session and others installed and active.

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