Hi Matthias, I tried to replicate the problem, but could start the mate desktop just fine. I will attache my configuration. I used
apt install mate-core and used the default configuration in /etc/tigervnc. Moreover, I have [bash joachim@xerstin:~]$ ls -la ~/.vnc/ drwxrwxr-x 2 joachim joachimg 4096 8. Mär 22:19 . drwxr-x--x 187 joachim joachimg 20480 8. Mär 22:29 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 joachim joachimg 6098 8. Mär 22:28 alpha.jfalk.de:5901.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 joachim joachimg 6 8. Mär 22:19 alpha.jfalk.de:5901.pid -rw------- 1 joachim joachimg 8 8. Mär 22:12 passwd -rwxr-xr-x 1 joachim joachimg 91 8. Mär 22:10 xstartup [bash joachim@xerstin:~]$ cat .vnc/xstartup #! /bin/sh unset SESSION_MANAGER unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS exec /usr/bin/mate-session I used the following command to start. [bash joachim@alpha:~]$ tigervncserver --localhost no New Xtigervnc server 'alpha.jfalk.de:1 (joachim)' on port 5901 for display :1. Use xtigervncviewer -SecurityTypes VncAuth,TLSVnc -passwd /home/joachim/.vnc/passwd alpha.jfalk.de:1 to connect to the VNC server. I used tigervncserver --list to confirm that the server is running. [bash joachim@alpha:~]$ tigervncserver --list TigerVNC server sessions: X DISPLAY # RFB PORT # PROCESS ID SERVER :1 5901 29417 Xtigervnc Moreover, connecting to alpha.jfalk.de:1 with a VNC viewer gets me the mate desktop environment. Can you try to start something simpler to determine where exactly the problem is? Use something like: tigervncserver --localhost no --xstartup /usr/bin/xterm This should get you a VNC session running a simple xterm. Best, Joachim
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