[mythtv-users] How can I get VNC to start on a machine reboot?
Charles Wright
cpwright at gmail.com
Tue Jun 15 14:58:56 UTC 2010
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:40 AM, James Oltman <cnlibmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm running Mythbuntu 10.04 x32. Fresh install this weekend. I have
> disabled autologin for my backend server. I'd like the VNC server to start
> with the machine on reboot. I'm using the default XFCE desktop. Using
> Mythbuntu Control Centre I have the VNC service set to start. I have also
> put in a password in the MCC for VNC. When I reboot, the VNC service
> doesn't come up. Is this because it sits at the login screen on a reboot
> and doesn't auto-log me in? How can I fix that? Thanks!
>
> Jim
It is possible to set your xorg.conf to start a VNC service, at least
on RHEL5, below are the things from mine for it. Once xorg starts, I
have a VNC that I can connect to to login to the machine.
Charles
Section "ServerLayout"
...
InputDevice "vncMouse" "ExtraPointer"
InputDevice "vncKeyboard" "ExtraKeyboard"
...
EndSection
Section "Module"
...
Load "vnc"
...
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# vncKeyboard: keyboard actions from vnc
Identifier "vncKeyboard"
Driver "rfbkeyb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# vncMouse: mouse actions from vnc
Identifier "vncMouse"
Driver "rfbmouse"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
...
Option "usevnc"
Option "rfbauth" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
...
EndSection
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