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Failed to start tigervnc on start ubuntu jammy

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For some reason, I can't for the life of me cannot start vncserver to start at boot. I'm using this guide and as per the link, here's my constructed systemd file for it [Unit] Description=Start TightVNC server at startup After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking User= Group= WorkingDirectory=/home/ PIDFile=/home//.vnc/%H:%i.pid ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1280x800 -localhost no :%i ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target trying to start it via systemctl fails and checking the status shows this: × vncserver@1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@1.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-05-09 15:57:31 PDT; 11s ago Process: 64087 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/vncserver -kill 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || : (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 64091 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -geometry 1800x1000 -depth 16 -dpi 120 -alwaysshared -localhost no 1 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 234ms Also, it says: > vncserver@1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Journalctl says this: ░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit vncserver@1.service has exited. ░░ ░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1. May 09 15:57:31 MBP systemd[1] : vncserver@1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ░░ Subject: Unit failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ The unit vncserver@1.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. May 09 15:57:31 MBP systemd[1] : Failed to start Remote desktop service (VNC). ░░ Subject: A start job for unit vncserver@1.service has failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ A start job for unit vncserver@1.service has finished with a failure. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 6471 and the job result is failed.
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May 9, 2024, 11:10 PM
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