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My droplet always needs to be power cycled after starting vncserver

Posted September 4, 2016 2.3k views
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I followed this tutorial if that helps :/

I am using the 512MB package because I’m new to DO and I’m not ready to move from Azure just yet :)

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  • xMudrii September 4, 2016
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    Size of droplet should not be a problem. 512 MB droplet is be able to launch tightvnc server and xfce.

    I would check log files at $HOME/.vnc directory. Log files have .log extension. You can share in comment or GitHub gist.

    Warning: Be sure to hide all sensitive informations if there is any !

  • ranyyy September 4, 2016
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    I just deleted the .vnc folder and reinstall vnc, I’m pretty sure your solution would have worked if I tried it, so I’ll “love” it :)

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ryanpq September 6, 2016

Glad to hear that you’ve gotten this resolved. For future reference we also provide a user-data script which you can paste directly into the create page and auto-configure an XFCE desktop with x2go (an alternative to VNC that often has better performance). This script is targeted at Ubuntu 14.04 but I have also personally tested it on 16.04. You can find the x2go client for Windows, Mac or Linux here.

To use this script, on the create page check the “user-data” checkbox and a text area will appear. Paste the script there.

Once your droplet is created the installation of the desktop will start automatically and may take up to 5-10 minutes. When it’s done you’ll be able to log in as the root user with either your password or an ssh-key if you configured one. Make sure you set the session type to XFCE in the x2go client.

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