#1 2016-06-15 17:48:06

moduspwnens

Member

Registered: 2016-06-14

Posts: 6

[solved] default lock screen prevents me from connecting to VNC server

use case: I want to connect to my bl-linux system from a Windows laptop using VNC. It works fine with vino-server or x11vnc, but after locking the host system with bl-lock, I am no longer able to interact with the host system over vnc. (FWIW I'm using tightvnc on Windows)

I solved this by using xscreensaver, starting xscreensaver on autostart, and starting x11vnc on autostart. See scripts below.

~/.config/autostart/x11vnc.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=X11VNC
Comment=
Exec=/usr/bin/x11vnc-start
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false

~/.config/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=XSSVR
Comment=
Exec=/usr/bin/xscreensaver-start
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false

/usr/bin/xscreensaver-start

#!/bin/bash

xscreensaver -no-splash &

/usr/bin/x11vnc-start

#!/bin/bash

x11vnc -forever -display :0 -rfbauth /home/USER/.x11vnc/passwd

Perform the following to set a password for x11vnc:

$ mkdir ~/.x11vnc
$ x11vnc -storepasswd password ~/.x11vnc/passwd

Note that I did not find the need to add call("bl-lock") to bl-exit (see https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 093#p16093 )

vino should work fine too if you'd prefer it over x11vnc. If that's the case, then you'd probably want to create an autostart entry for vino instead of x11vnc.

references:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1252
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/x1 … a_password

Last edited by moduspwnens (2016-06-15 17:49:42)

xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @pes

Registered: 2015-09-30

Posts: 695

Re: [solved] default lock screen prevents me from connecting to VNC server

use case: I want to connect to my bl-linux system from a Windows laptop using VNC. It works fine with vino-server or x11vnc, but after locking the host system with bl-lock, I am no longer able to interact with the host system over vnc. (FWIW I'm using tightvnc on Windows)

bl-lock does the job it is supposed to do.

If you want your system to be open for VNC connections at all times, then you should prevent bl-lock from doing what it is supposed to do. No need to install xscreensaver for this.

moduspwnens

Member

Registered: 2016-06-14

Posts: 6

Re: [solved] default lock screen prevents me from connecting to VNC server

use case: I want to connect to my bl-linux system from a Windows laptop using VNC. It works fine with vino-server or x11vnc, but after locking the host system with bl-lock, I am no longer able to interact with the host system over vnc. (FWIW I'm using tightvnc on Windows)

bl-lock does the job it is supposed to do.

If you want your system to be open for VNC connections at all times, then you should prevent bl-lock from doing what it is supposed to do. No need to install xscreensaver for this.

good to know, thanks