[Linphone-users] Linphone Desktop 4.3.0 in a VNC remote session fails

[Dennis Filder]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 01:38:53AM -0300, David Pirotte via Linphone-users 
wrote:
> Hello,
>
>       Desktop 4.3.0 - Qt5.12.5
>       Core 5.0.39
>
> Running linphone in a VNC remote session GNOME session) fails [1].
> Fwiw, I need to do that to remotely setup a student (research lab)
> account and check that that account can at least chat ...
>
> This is on debian testing, using vinagre (the Remote Desktop Viewer
> 3.22.0) on a GNOME desktop version 41.0, Wayland, and the remote
> session runs a GNOME desktop version 3.38.5, Windowing System X11.

The log says that Linphone cannot connect to an X server, but not
which host it tried to connect to and under what username.  How are
you trying to launch Linphone on the remote computer?  Linphone
probably has to be started while the user whose account you're setting
up is logged in.

Regards.