Re: GUI browser in VNC

From	Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: GUI browser in VNC
Date	2021-10-21 00:50 +0200
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On 10/20/2021 4:01 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote:
> On 10/20/2021 4:06 AM, Julius Hamilton wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I’d like to run a desktop in VNC and open GUI browsers like Firefox 
>> in it.
>>
>> I succeeded in setting up the VNC server but after installing 
>> Firefox, Chromium and Chrome I find they don’t open when I launch them.
>>
>> Is this because I am root user?
>>
>> Is it just because you should always run browsers as non-root?
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Julius
>>
>>
>
> I use the tigervnc-standalone-server package for VNC access. It allows
> a VNC server to be run as a normal user. It works fine with firefox on
> my system.
>
> Set up the VNC password and the xstartup script in the $HOME/.vnc
> configuration directory. The package provides tools such as vncpasswd
> to help set it up, and you can set the xstartup script to start any
> installed desktop environment. I have used it with gnome, lxde, and
> lxqt and it works fine. I don't think the package provides encrypted
> connections, though,

Actually, looking at the man pages for tigervncserver, there are
options to provide encrypted connections using X509 certs or
TLS. This would also presumably require the VNC viewer
to support X509 or TLS security, but I have not tried it.

>
> After installing and configuring it, start the server as an ordinary 
> user:
>
> $ vncserver -geometry 1024x768
>
> You can adjust the geometry as desired and connect to it from any
> VNC viewer.

Also, as normal (non-root) user, you stop it with:
$ vncserver -kill :1

Cheers,

Chuck

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GUI browser in VNC Julius Hamilton <juliushamilton100@gmail.com> - 2021-10-20 10:10 +0200
  Re: GUI browser in VNC Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-10-20 10:40 +0200
  Re: GUI browser in VNC Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-10-20 10:40 +0200
  Re: GUI browser in VNC Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net> - 2021-10-20 22:10 +0200
    Re: GUI browser in VNC Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net> - 2021-10-21 00:50 +0200

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