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Automate vnc setup
echo "Installing tigervnc....."
sleep 1
sudo pacman -S tigervnc
clear
echo "Set your password for VNC..."
sleep 2
vncpasswd
display=$(xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions/{print $2}')
sessions=$(ls /usr/share/xsessions)
desktop_sessions=$(echo "$sessions" | grep -E "plasma|gnome|xfce|lxqt|cinnamon|mate")
if [ -z "$desktop_sessions" ]; then
session_name=$(echo "$sessions" | head -n1)
else
session_name=$(echo "$desktop_sessions" | head -n1)
fi
session=$(echo "$session_name" | sed s/".desktop"/""/g)
echo "session=$session
geometry=$display
localhost=no
alwaysshared=yes
" > $HOME/.vnc/config
sleep 1
echo "VNC session has been set to ${session} with geometry ${display}..."
echo ":1=$USER" | sudo tee -a /etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users > /dev/null
sleep 1
echo "VNC user has been set to ${USER}..."
sed s/"Type=forking"/"Type=forking\nUser=root"/g /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] | sudo tee -a /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service > /dev/null
sleep 1
echo "SystemCTL Service file has been written...."
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sleep 1
echo "Reloaded systemctl daemon"
sudo systemctl enable --now vncserver@:1
sleep 1
echo "VNC Server has started successfully!"
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