This repo contains files and instructions to set up VNC server on Linux.

NOTE: This has been tested on the following:

• Kubuntu 18.04
• KDE Neon (18.04 base)
• Kubuntu 20.04
• Arch Linux

0. Since this is a remote desktop setup, it's assumed that your server has one of the linux desktop environments installed.

1. Install tigervnc

   $ sudo apt install tightvncserver

2. Run the vncserver command to set a VNC password. This will also create the default configuration files.

   $ vncserver

3. Copy xstartup file. Ensure xstartup is executable

   $ chmod +x xstartup

4. Modify or replace the [email protected] file

5. On the client side, set up ~/.ssh/config file from the ssh-config.template

• To reset the password for the vnc server

  $ vncpasswd

• To kill running vncserver

  # 0 can be replaced by display/instance number being used
  $ vncserver -kill :0

Relevant Links:

• TigerVNC website - tigervnc
• ArchWiki page for TigerVNC - ArchWiki
• VNC Server man page - vncserver(1)
• Systemd Unit man page - systemd.unit(5)