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Launch GUI applications when creating a VNC server

  • 03-11-2012 08:43PM
    #1
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,428 ✭✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    I have a server that I access through VNC.

    The server automatically powers back if there was a power cut but my issue is that some of the applications I want to have running all the time are GUI ones that I want access to via VNC.

    So what I want to do is create a startup script that launches a VNC server (I should be able to handle this part)

    But then as part of the startup process I want to launch a couple of GUI apps (jdownloader for example)

    I have searched a bit online but I cant find mention of what to do.

    Any help would be appreciated!


Comments

  • #2
    Tillotson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭Tillotson


    Which distribution and vnc server are you using?


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    There is a vnc config file where you can specify a bunch of startup apps (usually this is where the window manager is specified for example). I would look in the .vnc or .vncserver directory in your home folder. I can't quite remember the name of the file and haven't used vnc in an age.

    If you can use it, nx (www.nomachine.com) is significantly better than VNC.


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