#!/bin/bash DEFAULT_DISPLAY=:0 X11VNC_DISPLAY="$DEFAULT_DISPLAY" if [ -x /usr/bin/x11vnc ]; then [ "$1" == '-nocache' ] && CACHE_FLAG='-noncache' || CACHE_FLAG='-noncache' [ "$2" == '-guess' ] && GUESS_FLAG='-auth guess' || GUESS_FLAG='' [ -f /root/.vnc/passwd ] && PASSWORD="/root/.vnc/passwd" [ -f $HOME/.vnc/passwd ] && PASSWORD="$HOME/.vnc/passwd" [ ! -z "$PASSWORD" ] && x11vnc -display $X11VNC_DISPLAY -xkb -rfbauth $PASSWORD -rfbport 5900 -shared -forever -nowf -norc -notruecolor -bg $GUESS_FLAG $CACHE_FLAG -noxdamage EXIT_CODE=$? if [ $EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then echo "\n*********************************************************************" echo "*** Could not start x11vnc! Trying again with gdm MAGIC_COOKIE! ***" echo "*********************************************************************\n" # Old GDM location for Ubuntu <= 17.10 MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE=`sudo find /var/run/gdm/ -iname database | grep for-gdm` # New GDM location for Ubuntu >= 17.10 [ -z "$MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE" ] && NUM_MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE_SESSIONS=`sudo find /run/user/ -iwholename '*/gdm/*' -iname '*Xauthority' 2>/dev/null | wc -l` if [ -z "$MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE" -a "$NUM_MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE_SESSIONS" -gt 1 ]; then # Find the current user's session MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE=`sudo find /run/user/$(id -u) -iwholename '*/gdm/*' -iname '*Xauthority'` X11VNC_DISPLAY=":1" else # Find the GDM user's session (or whichever shows up first in ps list) # This should pick up the original gdm session which grabs :0 # If you login after gdm login screen, your Xorg server may end up on another display! # Workaround for now is to restart x11vnc on that display number [ -z "$MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE" ] && MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE=`sudo find /run/user/ -iwholename '*/gdm/*' -iname '*Xauthority' | head -n1` fi # Old lightdm location for Ubuntu <= 17.10 [ -z "$MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE" ] && MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE=`sudo find /var/lib -name '.Xauthority' -o -wholename '/var/run/lightdm/root/:0' | head -n1` #sudo bash -c "[ -z \"$MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE\" -a -e /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 ]" && MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE='/var/run/lightdm/root/:0' [ -n "$MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE" -a -z "$GUESS_FLAG" ] && AUTH_COOKIE_FLAG="-auth $MAGIC_COOKIE_FILE" [ ! -z "$PASSWORD" ] && sudo x11vnc -display $X11VNC_DISPLAY -xkb -rfbauth $PASSWORD -rfbport 5900 -shared -forever -nowf -norc -notruecolor -bg $GUESS_FLAG $CACHE_FLAG -noxdamage ${AUTH_COOKIE_FLAG} fi fi