VNC Server config - headless VM

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Hello,

I have searched the forum for my issue and found nothing related or helpful
I have checked the Resources category
I have reviewed the Wiki for relevant information
I have read the the Release Notes and Errata

OpenMandriva Lx version:
OpenMandriva Lx release 6.0 (Vanadium) Rock for x86_64
OpenMandriva Lx release 25.12 (ROME) Rolling for x86_64
(I’ve tried both)

Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…):
KDE Plasma

Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant):
I’m running OpenMandriva as a headless VM in proxmox. It’s configured to auto-login to my user session, as is the default in the installation process.

I have tigervnc-server installed. In my proxmox setup, I can bring up a window of the GUI, and in it I can open a terminal and run x0vncserver -PasswordFile=/home/$USER/.vnc/passwd (using my actual $USER name). While the terminal program is running, I can connect to the OpenMandriva system over port 5900 for VNC desktop sharing.

What I’d really like to do, though, is set up a VNC server that will run by default when I start up the system. I haven’t been able to get this to work. I’ve played with the tigervnc-server-module X11 config, some systemd service unit files, tried some things in ~/.xprofile and ~/.xinitrc, and various other things. I haven’t been able to get a system that starts up with a VNC listener that I can connect to and see the auto-logged-in graphical session. This seems like it should be simple, but I’ve been working on it for a couple of days and I just can’t make it happen. Any assistance here? Do I need to try something with x11-driver-video-dummy? I’m at a loss, and none of the VNC forums or other distro support sites seem to be getting me closer to a solution.

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The problem is most likely with proxmox. You will want to get help there. Moving this to Coffee break

This is not a very secure practice and would require some things you are not including here in order to make it secure.

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This is not a very secure practice and would require some things you are not including here in order to make it secure.

Yes, I understand. It would only be exposed within my home network. I may use SSH tunnels to connect from elsewhere, but definitely wouldn’t expose VNC directly over the Internet.