vncserverui popup blocks login fields

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vncserverui popup blocks login fields

Postby rolf » May 15th, '20, 00:05

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I'm using realvnc-server and viewer to remotely access various pi and, in this case, an MGA 7 remote installation from my MGA 7 machine. There is a popup very similar to the attached picture that covers the user/password fields of the login screen when the remote machine boots. There is a delay of several seconds after the login screen appears until the popup appears. A difference is that, instead of the green check, there is a warning that network is not available, which might be the reason this window pops up; I haven't been able to find why. Another difference is that my license is the non-commercial free and that is stated in the window.
The remote machine has realvnc-vnc-server and vnc-server-common installed.
I've googled but can find no report of such an issue, so I thought someone here might have seen it, before.
Thanks.
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Re: vncserverui popup blocks login fields

Postby doktor5000 » May 15th, '20, 16:51

Mind to share the output as root of
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systemctl status vncserver-virtuald.service -l -n50 from one of the affected boxes?
systemctl cat vncserver-virtuald.service

Feel free to remove any information about users, IP adresses etc.
If realvnc server is started by a different service on your box, e.g. vncserver-x11-serviced.service then you might need to replace that in the above commands.

You might need to override some parts of the systemd service for realvnc to tell it that it should start only after the network is up.
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Re: vncserverui popup blocks login fields

Postby rolf » May 15th, '20, 17:43

Ok, I was scared off by the unfamiliar complexity of what might be some configuration solution in the various manuals and have a sort of sloppy workaround with autologin. So, it seems to be nicer not to be backed into a corner but I feel a little of the pressure is off making things simple enough for the friend that will be using the laptop.
Here are some infos, thanks:

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# systemctl status vncserver-virtuald.service -l -n50
● vncserver-virtuald.service - VNC Server in Virtual Mode daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vncserver-virtuald.service; enabled; vendor preset: disable>
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-05-15 07:47:30 PDT; 24min ago
 Main PID: 2835 (vncserver-virtu)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 2.6M
   CGroup: /system.slice/vncserver-virtuald.service
           └─2835 /usr/bin/vncserver-virtuald -fg

May 15 07:47:30 5480 systemd[1]: Started VNC Server in Virtual Mode daemon.
May 15 07:47:30 5480 vncserver-virtuald[2835]: main: started
#

# systemctl cat vncserver-virtuald.service
# /usr/lib/systemd/system/vncserver-virtuald.service
[Unit]
Description=VNC Server in Virtual Mode daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver-virtuald -fg
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
#

$ ps aux | grep vnc
root      2835  0.0  0.0  13824  4612 ?        Ss   07:47   0:00 /usr/bin/vncserver-virtuald -fg
root      2836  0.0  0.0  11040  3084 ?        Ss   07:47   0:00 /usr/bin/vncserver-x11-serviced -fg
root      2838  3.2  0.3 109824 26092 ?        Sl   07:47   0:45 /usr/bin/vncserver-x11-core -service
root      3527  0.8  0.1  17572  9720 ?        S    07:47   0:11 /usr/bin/vncagent service 12
user     3539  0.0  0.2  37640 17036 ?        S    07:47   0:00 /usr/bin/vncserverui service 13
user     3540  0.0  0.2  37416 18748 ?        S    07:47   0:00 /usr/bin/vncserverui -statusicon 5
user    29948  0.0  0.0   9180   812 pts/1    S+   08:10   0:00 grep --color vnc
$

$ rpm -qa | grep vnc
realvnc-vnc-server-6.7.1.42348-1
vnc-server-common-1.0-8.mga7
$
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