xfce4-terminal does not start

[Vangelis Katsikaros]

Hi

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>

 Thanks for the prompt response! Yes, it does work.

I changed the launcher from "exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator" to
"xfce4-terminal
--disable-server" and it launches correctly.

In order to learn something new, may I ask why?

Regards
Vangelis
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