Problem with vncserver running Kali 2019.2 arm32 bit.

I dont know if i post this in the right subforum, if not can you move it to the right place


Hi, I need some help. Im trying to get the VNC connection to work, but for some reason I cant figure out what to go from here, what have i forgot? Nothing modded or changed from ISO file except a password for vncserver from first run.

I need 2 things, really, first one is to actually got it started, secondly how to add it to update-rc.d.

Im using vncserver thats preinstalled from ISO
Kali 2019.2 ARM 32bit Using Paspberry Pi with HDMI

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Mad76e@kali:~# vncserver
Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
Couldn't start Xtightvnc process.
02/07/19 17:38:10 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
02/07/19 17:38:10 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
02/07/19 17:38:10 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
02/07/19 17:38:10 All Rights Reserved.
02/07/19 17:38:10 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
02/07/19 17:38:10 Desktop name 'X' (kali:1)
02/07/19 17:38:10 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
02/07/19 17:38:10 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
02/07/19 17:38:11 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
02/07/19 17:38:11 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
02/07/19 17:38:11 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
02/07/19 17:38:11 All Rights Reserved.
02/07/19 17:38:11 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
02/07/19 17:38:11 Desktop name 'X' (kali:1)
02/07/19 17:38:11 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
02/07/19 17:38:11 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/' not found - ignoring

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
Mad76e@kali:~#

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And when I tried from the client (realvnc client on win10) the connection was refused

Same issue with the kali nethunter . How to remove this font error Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/' not found - ignoring

This will fix it:

Code:

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dpkg-reconfigure xfonts-base

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Thanks it got fixed the error

It did, I have a session, and i can connect to it, however i do have more problems


So, it seems that i suffer from the same issue as many other. The grey empty window with a cursor. However my session dont crashes Is there a way around this?


"vncserver" in terminal gave me a grey session when running the client
"vncserver -geometry 1024x768" did also give me a grey session
Modifying "xstartup" in /root/.vnc/ did give me a terminal window (removed # on x-terminal line, just to check that it works)

content in xstartup

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#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
# x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
# x-window-manager &
# Fix to make GNOME work
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/etc/X11/Xsession

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content in logfile Kali1.log

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04/07/19 14:23:46 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
04/07/19 14:23:46 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
04/07/19 14:23:46 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
04/07/19 14:23:46 All Rights Reserved.
04/07/19 14:23:46 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
04/07/19 14:23:46 Desktop name 'X' (kali:1)
04/07/19 14:23:46 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
04/07/19 14:23:46 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
xrdb: No such file or directory
xrdb: can't open file '/root/.Xresources'

04/07/19 14:23:59 Got connection from client 192.168.1.159
04/07/19 14:23:59 Using protocol version 3.8
04/07/19 14:24:03 Full-control authentication passed by 192.168.1.159
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 24
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 15
04/07/19 14:24:03 Using hextile encoding for client 192.168.1.159
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 16
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 22
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 21
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -314
04/07/19 14:24:03 Enabling full-color cursor updates for client 192.168.1.159
04/07/19 14:24:03 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223
04/07/19 14:24:03 Pixel format for client 192.168.1.159:
04/07/19 14:24:03 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
04/07/19 14:24:03 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0
04/07/19 14:24:03 no translation needed
04/07/19 14:24:11 Client 192.168.1.159 gone
04/07/19 14:24:11 Statistics:
04/07/19 14:24:11 key events received 0, pointer events 59
04/07/19 14:24:11 framebuffer updates 1, rectangles 2, bytes 4156
04/07/19 14:24:11 cursor shape updates 1, bytes 1068
04/07/19 14:24:11 hextile rectangles 1, bytes 3088
04/07/19 14:24:11 raw bytes equivalent 3145740, compression ratio 1018.698187

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pic from client

https://i.imgur.com/PiFURZr.png

Try this xstartup:

https://github.com/Re4son/RPi-Tweaks...rvice/xstartup

That should do the trick

Thanks, that worked perfectly!