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couldn't start vnc server

Posted March 25, 2018 71.5k views
DigitalOceanNetworkingSystem ToolsUbuntu 16.04

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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julianee September 22, 2019

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.

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AdrianStOnge March 26, 2018
  1. Verify that /usr/bin/vncserver exists and is executable.
  2. see if you can start VNC Server manually.
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jamesc137 January 22, 2021

If you are getting an error running system start service command and you are ‘root’ user (as opposed to “sammy” or “ubuntu” for example) you may need to update the pathing in:

Location:

/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service

Content:

[Service]
Type=forking
User=sammy
Group=sammy
WorkingDirectory=/home/sammy

PIDFile=/home/sammy/.vnc/%H:%i.pid
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x800 -localhost :%i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i

To this:

[Service]
Type=forking
User=root
Group=root
WorkingDirectory=/root

PIDFile=/root/.vnc/%H:%i.pid
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x800 -localhost :%i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i

Specifically:

/home/sammy/.vnc

Changes to:

/root/.vnc
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