Vnc server

[siksniper1996]

I'm trying to run vnc on my raspberry pi

I did this and it installed

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sudo pacman -S tightvnc

but then I got this code when trying to run it the first time

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[myusername@alarmpi /]$ vncserver
vncserver: Could not create /home/myusername/.vnc.

[sdjf]

are you logged in as root? is there a directory for /home/myusername?

type this to find out:

whoami
ls -l /home/myusername

vncserver also requires xorg packages and dependencies, did you install those?

[graysky]

If your intent is to have a parallel vncsession, i.e. NOT to control what you are outputting to the monitor/TV I do not recommend tightvnc but rather tigervnc. All you want to know about it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tigervnc

If your intent is to see what the monitor/TV is seeing, you will need x11vnc: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X11vnc

[sdjf]

Hmmm, I installed tightvnc on my Pi, and it simply serves as a front end for X11vnc. I enter vncserver as a command, and it brings up an X11 vnc session.

[graysky]

Hmmm, I installed tightvnc on my Pi, and it simply serves as a front end for X11vnc. I enter vncserver as a command, and it brings up an X11 vnc session.

You sure about that? It should be running a parallel session, in other words, not what you're seeing on your monitor.

[sdjf]

You sure about that? It should be running a parallel session, in other words, not what you're seeing on your monitor.

Yup. I enter the vncserver command, it triggers X11's server and is done. I run "ps ax" to see what is going on, and there is no tightvnc or vncserver listed, the only thing about vnc is X11vnc with the parameters I gave in my vncserver command.

Hey, I just looked at the man page for vncserver (which is what I got from the tightvnc package) and it says that it is a wrapper script for Xvnc.

[graysky]

Dunno what to tell you...

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% vncserver              

New 'pico-arch:1 (facade)' desktop is pico-arch:1

Starting applications specified in /home/facade/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/facade/.vnc/pico-arch:1.log

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% cat ~/.vnc/xstartup 
#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
exec startxfce4

[sdjf]

graysky: I am not sure what that means, maybe the difference is that I am running headless and you are not?

But if you want to see whether tightvnc has it's own vnc and does not just call X11vnc, then you could run strace on it to see all system calls.

When I start vncserver from the command line, I see messages about X11vnc starting and related messages, and then the script finishes. there is no need to background it.

[graysky]

Haven't tried running headless but I still doubt it: tightvnc and tigervnc both run their own sessions in X whereas x11vnc can only attach to an existing session. Post the output of:

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vncserver

[sdjf]

This really isn't pursuing the OP's question. I do see I made an error, it is Xvnc and not X11vnc that is started by vncserver, but cannot copy/paste the output at the moment. Maybe Xvnc and X11vnc are different applications, that may be the issue. But vncserver definitely has no X11vnc or Xvnc session to attach itself to when it gets called by vncserver. Read the man page for vncserver, it clearly says it is a wrapper script.

[Dnacomputersuk]

This video will help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65U6_4E45U