Question
couldn't start vnc server
- Posted on March 25, 2018
- DigitalOceanNetworkingSystem ToolsUbuntu 16.04
Asked by Hashan sachintha
I followed tutorial on this link to access GUI on droplet running Ubuntu 16.01
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-16-04
But in Step 4 — Creating a VNC Service File when I try to start with
sudo systemctl start vncserver@1
I’m getting this error
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.
also I’m getting service status as below
vncserver@1.service - Start TightVNC server at startup
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-03-25 12:35:37 UTC; 12s ago
Process: 26404 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x800 :%i (code=exited, status=217/USER)
Process: 26401 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1 (code=exited, status=217/USER)
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[1]: Starting Start TightVNC server at startup...
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[26401]: vncserver@1.service: Failed at step USER spawning /usr/bin/vncserver: No such process
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[26404]: vncserver@1.service: Failed at step USER spawning /usr/bin/vncserver: No such process
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=217
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[1]: Failed to start Start TightVNC server at startup.
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 25 12:35:37 waspy systemd[1]: vncserver@1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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I had a similar problem. My fix was that I copy-pasted the vnc config file without changing the usernames “sammy” to whatever that I used. Hope this helps anyone who made a similar mistake.
I didn’t get any error. Code gets executed successfully. But when executing
nothing happens…
if I enter into jump desktop/ vnc viewer and enter IP address, it would take time and then time out. Any help with GUI is much appreciated.
thanks!!
Hi Hashan,
Thi question is a bit old, but I couldn’t find an answer, but I managed to identify the root cause.
In this file:
you forgot to change the value of User and the username in the value of PIDFILE to match your username. The same error appeared for me when just quickly copy-pasting the code. Using the correct username will solve the issue.