How do I Auto-Start VNC (X11VNC) on Boot?

Step1: install x11vnc

apt-get install x11vnc

Step2: Store VNC password x11vnc -storepasswd

It will respond with: Enter VNC password: Verify password: Write password to /home/USERNAME/.vnc/passwd? [y]/n y Password written to: /home/USERNAME/.vnc/passwd

Step3: Test that this works by executing the following in a terminal: x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/USERNAME/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared

Step4: edit /etc/init/x11vnc.conf

# description "Start x11vnc at boot"

description "x11vnc"

start on runlevel [2345]

stop on runlevel [^2345]

console log

respawn

respawn limit 20 5

exec /usr/bin/x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/USERNAME/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared

Step5: Reboot and check that the process is running upon startup ps -ef | grep x11vnc

netstat -an | grep 5900

Step6: Now, depending on your firewall settings, you may need to setup an SSH tunnel on the computer that has the VNC client. Otherwise, you are good to go.

/etc/x11_start.sh

x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/USERNAME/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared

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screensaver disable

xset dpms 0 0 0

xset s off

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apt-get -y install x11vnc

/usr/bin/x11vnc -storepasswd [password_vnc] /etc/x11vnc.pass

chmod 644 /etc/x11vnc.pass

nano /etc/gdm3/Init/DefaultType above the "exit 0" the following:/usr/bin/x11vnc -noxdamage -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pass -o /var/x11vnc.log -forever -bg -rfbport 5900 -auth guess

reboot

x11vnc -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -display :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -forever -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 &

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