[CentOS] vncserver on CentOS 7

Fri Apr 3 22:16:27 UTC 2015
Emmett Culley <lst_manage at webengineer.com>

On 04/03/2015 01:39 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
>> You should:
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>> cp /lib/systemd/system/vncserver at .service <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@:#.service
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>> Where # is the vnc port 590# to open.  Like /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@:4.service to start a vncserver on port 5904.
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>> Then use `systemctl start vncserver@:4' to start that VNC server.  Remember to edit the /lib/systemd/system/vncserver@:4.service file's <USER> as you did before.
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>> Emmett
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> OK - I redid  and used the name vncserver@:0.service
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> Still not work -
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> I then used 4 as in your example and it worked.
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> How do I get port 5900 ?
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> Thanks,
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> jerry

Not sure why the didn't work.  I've never used 0.  You could add -rfbport 5900 to the vncserver parameters, or explicitly set the display value by replacing any %1 in the .service file with the display number preceded by a colon. e.g., ':0'.

Note that if you are hosting any kvm VMs, a running vm might be grabbing the 5900 port.  Which could explain why the :0 file name didn't work.

Emmett