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Unable to start VNC server on Ubuntu 20.04 (w/ Docker droplet)

Posted on January 16, 2021

I followed the VNC tutorial and am not able to get my VNC server to run correctly. dmesg:

[77874.518094] xiccd[66634]: segfault at e4 ip 0000555677e9b4f6 sp 00007ffcd9acab10 error 4 in xiccd[555677e97000+5000]
[77874.518103] Code: 00 eb 91 90 48 89 ef e8 e8 f8 ff ff eb c5 e8 01 cc ff ff 90 f3 0f 1e fa 55 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 e8 ce f8 ff ff 48 8b 7b 08 <8b> 97 e4 00 00 00 85 d2 7e 34 31 ed 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 e8 ba
[77875.096547] traps: light-locker[66653] trap int3 ip:7f630c02e0d5 sp:7fff171b8fa0 error:0 in libglib-2.0.so.0.6400.3[7f630bff2000+84000]

journalctl:

Jan 16 04:16:55 do at-spi-bus-launcher[66249]: X connection to :1 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Jan 16 04:16:55 do xfce4-notifyd[66294]: xfce4-notifyd: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :1.
Jan 16 04:16:55 do systemd[56102]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 16 04:16:55 do systemd[56102]: xfce4-notifyd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 16 04:17:10 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is enabled
Jan 16 04:17:10 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.a11y.Bus' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=66548 comm="xfce4-session " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:10 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus'
Jan 16 04:17:10 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.xfce.Xfconf' requested by ':1.2' (uid=1000 pid=66548 comm="xfce4-session " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:10 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.xfce.Xfconf'
Jan 16 04:17:10 do org.a11y.Bus[66559]: dbus-daemon[66559]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=66548 comm="xfce4-session " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:10 do org.a11y.Bus[66559]: dbus-daemon[66559]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
Jan 16 04:17:10 do org.a11y.Bus[66569]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Jan 16 04:17:11 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.5' (uid=1000 pid=66576 comm="dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd SSH_A" label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:11 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Jan 16 04:17:11 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested by ':1.6' (uid=1000 pid=66581 comm="xfwm4 " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:11 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
Jan 16 04:17:12 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.Notifications' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1000 pid=66606 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:12 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Notifications'
Jan 16 04:17:12 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1' requested by ':1.11' (uid=1000 pid=66604 comm="xfdesktop " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:12 do pulseaudio[57899]: XOpenDisplay() failed
Jan 16 04:17:12 do pulseaudio[57899]: Failed to load module "module-x11-publish" (argument: "display=:1.0 xauthority="): initialization failed.
Jan 16 04:17:13 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='ca.desrt.dconf' requested by ':1.20' (uid=1000 pid=66653 comm="light-locker " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:13 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'ca.desrt.dconf'
Jan 16 04:17:14 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5' requested by ':1.26' (uid=1000 pid=66643 comm="/usr/libexec/evolution-data-server/evolution-alarm" label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:14 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gnome.OnlineAccounts' requested by ':1.28' (uid=1000 pid=66686 comm="/usr/libexec/evolution-source-registry " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:14 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5'
Jan 16 04:17:14 do goa-daemon[66704]: goa-daemon version 3.36.0 starting
Jan 16 04:17:14 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gnome.Identity' requested by ':1.30' (uid=1000 pid=66704 comm="/usr/libexec/goa-daemon " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:14 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.OnlineAccounts'
Jan 16 04:17:14 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Identity'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8' requested by ':1.26' (uid=1000 pid=66643 comm="/usr/libexec/evolution-data-server/evolution-alarm" label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook10' requested by ':1.32' (uid=1000 pid=66719 comm="/usr/libexec/evolution-calendar-factory " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1[66635]: Registered thumbnailer /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer -s %s %u %o
Jan 16 04:17:15 do org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1[66635]: Registered thumbnailer /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer -s %s %u %o
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook10'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor' requested by ':1.29' (uid=1000 pid=66635 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tumbler-1/tumblerd " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.GoaVolumeMonitor' requested by ':1.29' (uid=1000 pid=66635 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tumbler-1/tumblerd " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.GoaVolumeMonitor'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.AfcVolumeMonitor' requested by ':1.29' (uid=1000 pid=66635 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tumbler-1/tumblerd " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.AfcVolumeMonitor'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor' requested by ':1.29' (uid=1000 pid=66635 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tumbler-1/tumblerd " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.MTPVolumeMonitor' requested by ':1.29' (uid=1000 pid=66635 comm="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tumbler-1/tumblerd " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.MTPVolumeMonitor'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1'
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' requested by ':1.11' (uid=1000 pid=66604 comm="xfdesktop " label="unconfined")
Jan 16 04:17:15 do dbus-daemon[66552]: [session uid=1000 pid=66550] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Metadata'

My xstartup script looks like this currently:

#!/bin/bash
#/etc/X11/Xsession
#xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#startxfce4 &
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
dbus-launch xfce4-session

Please let me know if you have any ideas.

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