xfce4-terminal does not start

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi,

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 17:09, Vangelis Katsikaros <vkatsikaros at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am making an Ubuntu 18.04 server with xfce on top. The reason is that I want a cloud VM with X.
>
> I followed the instructions https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-16-04  and https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-16-04
>
> which correspond to these commands [1]
>
> I can connect fine to the remote machine via VNC and I can do GUI actions like clicking on the time, the startup/xfce mouse menu.
>
> However, when I click on the terminal nothing happens. dpgk shows that 0.8.7.3-0ubuntu1 is installed.
>
> Any ideas on how I can debug/solve the problem?
>
> Regards
> Vangelis
>
> [1]
> # root
> $ adduser vangelis
> $ usermod -aG sudo vangelis
>
> # my user
> $ mkdir ~/.ssh
> $ chmod 700 ~/.ssh
> $ cat > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
> ssh-rsa ABCDEFG... vangelis at machine
> $ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
> $ sudo ufw app list
> $ sudo ufw allow OpenSSH
> $ sudo ufw enable
> $ sudo ufw status
>
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver
> $ vncserver
> $ vncserver -kill :1
> $ mv ~/.vnc/xstartup ~/.vnc/xstartup.bak
> $ cat > ~/.vnc/xstartup
> #!/bin/bash
> xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
> startxfce4 &
>
> $ sudo chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup
>
> $ vncserver -depth 16 -geometry 800x600 # start
> $ vncserver -kill :1 # stop
>

Does it work if you change the launcher to run "xfce4-terminal
--disable-server" instead?

Cheers,
Olivier