TigerVNC Server setup fails

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I tried to setup a VNC-server on my local server , following tigervnc on archlinux.
What I did:
pamac install tigervnc
I did not edit the file /etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users because I did not know the syntax.
I did vi ~/.vnc/config

    securitytypes=vncauth,tlsvnc
    desktop=sandbox
    geometry=1200x700
    dpi=96
    localhost
    alwaysshared

Starting the server via systemctl start vncserver@:1 gave

Job for vncserver@:1.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status vncserver@:1.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

and

systemctl status vncserver@:1.service
Mär 22 19:09:57 ManjaroServer systemd[1]: Starting Remote desktop service (VNC)...
Mär 22 19:09:57 ManjaroServer systemd[9904]: vncserver@:1.service: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process
Mär 22 19:09:57 ManjaroServer systemd[9904]: vncserver@:1.service: Failed at step USER spawning /bin/sh: No such process
Mär 22 19:09:57 ManjaroServer systemd[1]: vncserver@:1.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER
Mär 22 19:09:57 ManjaroServer systemd[1]: vncserver@:1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mär 22 19:09:57 ManjaroServer systemd[1]: Failed to start Remote desktop service (VNC).

By the way, I set a password with vncpassword
What am I to do?
It would be nice to have a roadmap / howto to handle such typical problems without having to study into the deepest corners of an archlinux or manjaro linux.

Thank you!

CJC

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Hi,

For the vnc I use krfb and krdc, easy to set up and user friendly. start on boot if needed, security…
Sorry, in the past I tried tigervnc without success.
krfb and krdc are cross platform with windows (ultravnc) and android.

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  1. desktop=sandbox is not a valid entry
  2. configure session= to contain a valid session configured on your system
  3. you need to edit the file /etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users to add a valid user and the screen to connect to.

I took the time to do a quick writeup on how I do it - local and remote

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Thank-you, I found it these days. In your how-to you write

$SESSION according to your installation e.g. openbox)
Is this freely configurable like a variable’s name?

I am running into the error message:

Failed to start vncserver@:2.service: Unit vncserver@:2.service has a bad unit file setting.
See system logs and ‘systemctl status vncserver@:2.service’ for details.

systemctl status vncserver@:2.service
Aug 16 12:27:34 ManjaroServer systemd[1]: vncserver@:2.service: Unit configuration has fatal error, unit will not be started.

Any comments?

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You need to configure your target e.g. the display to use which could be any display number. The session is a session configured on the target system - which can be anything depending on the target system - openbox is mentioned as a possible value.

You can list available sessions on the target system

ls /usr/share/xsessions