apt install xvfb

id

terence.bodola@administrator-desktop:~/$ id
uid=9034(terence.bodola) gid=8000(codewilling) groups=8000(codewilling)

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/Xvfb1.service
  [Unit]
  Description=Xvfb for :1
  After=multi-user.target

  [Service]
  Type=simple
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1280x720x24
  ExecStop=/bin/kill -15 $MAINPID
  User=<userid>
  Group=<groupid>
  Restart=on-failure
  RestartSec=10

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/xfce4.service
  [Unit]
  Description=xfce4 for Xvfb1
  Requires=Xvfb1.service
  After=Xvfb1.service

  [Service]
  Type=simple
  Environment="DISPLAY=:1"
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/startxfce4
  User=<userid>
  Group=<groupid>

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/x11vnc1.service
  [Unit]
  Description=VNC Server for DISPLAY 1
  Requires=Xvfb1.service
  After=Xvfb1.service

  [Service]
  Type=forking
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -xkb -display :1 -auth ~/.Xauthority -users <userid> -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pass -forever -shared -bg -rfbport 5902 -o ~/x11vnc1.log
  Restart=on-failure
  RestartSec=10
  User=<userid>
  Group=<groupid>

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable Xvfb1.service
sudo systemctl enable xfce4.service
sudo systemctl enable x11vnc1.service
sudo systemctl start Xvfb1
sudo systemctl start xfce4
sudo systemctl start x11vnc1

sudo apt install xtightvncviewer

xtightvncviewer

or x11vnc using Xvfb frame buffer and new xfce session (as your user) ``` apt install xvfb ``` for the following ``` id ``` should show you your numeric `<userid>` and `<groupid>` to use, like ``` terence.bodola@administrator-desktop:~/$ id uid=9034(terence.bodola) gid=8000(codewilling) groups=8000(codewilling) ``` and 1280x720x24 can be changed out for another resolution, like 1440x900, and bit depth, like x16 or x8 ``` sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/Xvfb1.service [Unit] Description=Xvfb for :1 After=multi-user.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1280x720x24 ExecStop=/bin/kill -15 $MAINPID User=<userid> Group=<groupid> Restart=on-failure RestartSec=10 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/xfce4.service [Unit] Description=xfce4 for Xvfb1 Requires=Xvfb1.service After=Xvfb1.service [Service] Type=simple Environment="DISPLAY=:1" ExecStart=/usr/bin/startxfce4 User=<userid> Group=<groupid> [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/x11vnc1.service [Unit] Description=VNC Server for DISPLAY 1 Requires=Xvfb1.service After=Xvfb1.service [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -xkb -display :1 -auth ~/.Xauthority -users <userid> -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pass -forever -shared -bg -rfbport 5902 -o ~/x11vnc1.log Restart=on-failure RestartSec=10 User=<userid> Group=<groupid> [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable Xvfb1.service sudo systemctl enable xfce4.service sudo systemctl enable x11vnc1.service sudo systemctl start Xvfb1 sudo systemctl start xfce4 sudo systemctl start x11vnc1 ``` then for remote access, from Ubuntu ``` sudo apt install xtightvncviewer xtightvncviewer ``` that should prompt for destination, like `<remote-ip>`:5902, and then the password you put in /etc/x11vnc.pass, then tada!