#!/bin/bash set -eu set -o pipefail # Don't recall why I stopped using this, but it wasn't in the Mint/Ubuntu/Debian repos. # which_vnc=TurboVNC # This is fast, but it tends to distort some (EG chrome/chromium?) menus, and even some windows. # Also, the latest versions don't do vncserver in a familiar way - that'll require some study later. # Also, the older (Debian? current, Jan 2021) versions do not run Qt apps. # which_vnc=TigerVNC # A little slow, but works well. which_vnc=TightVNC # I added the -localhost yes based on https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/398905/vnc-server-only-listening-for-connections-from-localhost case "$which_vnc" in TurboVNC) extra_opts="" vncserver=/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver ;; TigerVNC) # extra_opts="-SecurityTypes=VeNCrypt,TLSVnc -shared=1 -localhost yes" extra_opts="-localhost yes" vncserver=vncserver ;; TightVNC) extra_opts="-localhost yes" vncserver=vncserver ;; *) echo "$0: internal error: \$which_vnc has a strange value: $which_vnc" 1>&2 exit 1 ;; esac # Dimensions from xwininfo on zareason-strata7440 at my place. # dimensions=1920x1055 # Dimensions from old xwininfo+new guesswork on dstromberg-precision-3530 at GG's. # dimensions=1920x990 dimensions=1916x890 # shellcheck disable=SC2086 $vncserver -geometry "$dimensions" $extra_opts