VNC password is cleared on reboot

Budgie Desktop
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Hello!

Please can I get some help with VNC. I can get VNC working with password access, no problem there. However, after I reboot the PC, VNC no longer works and gives me the “Password check failed” error. On looking at the settings in Sharing > Screen Sharing, the password field is blank and I have to re-enter the password in order to get VNC working again.

Also, I can’t work out what VNC server is actually installed in Budgie?! The command line ‘vncpasswd’ doesn’t work for me.

Any help and general VNC advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

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Are you using autologin? If you are then I think you have to fiddle with unlocking the gnome-keyring via a blank password using seahorse.

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Ahh yes thank you, I actually figured it out.

I installed Seahorse and cleared my keyring password, which allowed me to connect with VNC Viewer on my Macbook.

As this is on a Raspberry Pi 4, I then had to also setup Gnome Remote Desktop to bypass the HDMI port and force a set screen resolution.

Now, it’s all working, completely headless!

Thanks again.