X11VNC

A little Background

If you are anything like me you have had many issues getting a VNC server to run on any desktop enviorment other gnome (which has it built in). This post will be going over what I have recently found to be probobly the easiest and most full proof way to get VNC running on any desktop enviorment.

Installation and Configuration Steps

1. Install Dependancies

sudo apt install x11vnc

1. Configure X11VNC Password

x11nvc -storepassw+d

1. Configuring it to run at boot

crontab -e

copy the bellow text correcting for your user profile

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

1. Reboot

reboot