This is an unofficial extension of TigerVNC. This script allow using the xstartup file to setup a vnc session. Xvnc-cli script is similar to the old vncserver program in TigerVNC.

To build this script run the make command in the directory.

$ make

To install you can run this command. It will install the script in /usr/local/bin

$ sudo make install

You can specify an alternative prefix when running make through environment variable. The following command will install Xvnc-cli in /usr/bin.

$ PREFIX=/usr make install

usage:  [:<display>]
        [-bg]
        [-use-xstartup]
        [-xstartup <file>]

        -kill <X-display>

        -list

This script uses the first available X11 display number when not supplied as argument.

Starting a VNC server using Xsession on the first available X11 display number.

$ Xvnc-cli

Starting a VNC server using Xsession on a specific display number.

$ Xvnc-cli :1

Starting a vnc server using the xstartup script located in $HOME/.vnc/xstartup.

$ Xvnc-cli -use-xstartup

Starting a VNC server in background

$ Xvnc-cli -bg -use-xstartup

Listing all running VNC server

$ Xvnc-cli -list

TigerVNC server sessions:

X DISPLAY #	PROCESS ID
:2		     27137
:1		     12504

The xstartup script works best when starting a window manager such as Xmonad, dwm and others. Some environment variable might need to be set for some programs to work.

For desktop environment such as kde or gnome-shell, it's better to start the VNC server using Xsession without using any xstartup options.