Recent vncserver (tigervnc) changes - how to run in background?
by eduardr from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SH92)
Until recent "-current" changes, the vncserver startup script took care of starting tigervnc in the background/detached. I could start it with "vncserver :0" and then close the console and it would continue to run. This was great.
On 2021-11-22, -current made the following change:
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Use the upstream vncserver script, patched to search in some additional
locations for a startup script: $HOME/.vnc/xstartup, $HOME/.xinitrc, and
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
Add a symlink for vncserver in the old location (/usr/bin/vncserver).
Thanks to 0XBF.
Now "vncserver" runs in the foreground, and I have to keep the console open, or use screens/tmux to keep it running.
Any quick ideas on how to get back the old behavior or background start? Should I use some CLI detach argument? Thanks!
On 2021-11-22, -current made the following change:
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Use the upstream vncserver script, patched to search in some additional
locations for a startup script: $HOME/.vnc/xstartup, $HOME/.xinitrc, and
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
Add a symlink for vncserver in the old location (/usr/bin/vncserver).
Thanks to 0XBF.
Now "vncserver" runs in the foreground, and I have to keep the console open, or use screens/tmux to keep it running.
Any quick ideas on how to get back the old behavior or background start? Should I use some CLI detach argument? Thanks!