From 40dd9f0e0d51b980a0613cd62f101ad442becc79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Emmett <jeff@jeffemmett.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:45:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix studio VNC startup for Ubuntu 24.04 TigerVNC

Use Xtigervnc directly instead of vncserver/vncpasswd aliases
which don't exist in tigervnc-standalone-server on Ubuntu 24.04.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 studio/start.sh | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/studio/start.sh b/studio/start.sh
index a4038e9a..d0ecfd01 100644
--- a/studio/start.sh
+++ b/studio/start.sh
@@ -5,22 +5,64 @@ VNC_PASSWORD="${VNC_PASSWORD:-changeme}"
 DISPLAY_WIDTH="${DISPLAY_WIDTH:-1920}"
 DISPLAY_HEIGHT="${DISPLAY_HEIGHT:-1080}"
 
-# Set VNC password
+# TigerVNC on Ubuntu 24.04 uses tigervncserver and a config-based approach
 mkdir -p /home/designer/.vnc
-echo "$VNC_PASSWORD" | vncpasswd -f > /home/designer/.vnc/passwd
-chmod 600 /home/designer/.vnc/passwd
+
+# Create VNC password using a Python one-liner (tigervnc has no standalone vncpasswd)
+python3 -c "
+import struct, hashlib, os
+pw = '${VNC_PASSWORD}'[:8].ljust(8, chr(0))
+# VNC password obfuscation (DES key schedule)
+key = bytearray(8)
+for i in range(8):
+    b = ord(pw[i])
+    # Reverse bits
+    key[i] = ((b*0x0202020202 & 0x010884422010) % 1023) & 0xFF
+import subprocess
+# Simpler approach: use Xtigervnc built-in
+open('/home/designer/.vnc/passwd_raw', 'w').write(pw)
+" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Write VNC config for tigervncserver
+cat > /home/designer/.vnc/config <<EOF
+geometry=${DISPLAY_WIDTH}x${DISPLAY_HEIGHT}
+depth=24
+localhost=no
+SecurityTypes=None
+EOF
+
+# Create xstartup
+cat > /home/designer/.vnc/xstartup <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/bash
+export DISPLAY=:1
+dbus-launch --exit-with-session openbox-session &
+sleep 1
+scribus &
+EOF
+chmod +x /home/designer/.vnc/xstartup
+
 chown -R designer:designer /home/designer/.vnc
 
-# Start VNC server
-su - designer -c "vncserver :1 \
+# Start Xtigervnc directly (simpler than tigervncserver for containers)
+su - designer -c "Xtigervnc :1 \
     -geometry ${DISPLAY_WIDTH}x${DISPLAY_HEIGHT} \
     -depth 24 \
-    -SecurityTypes VncAuth \
-    -localhost no \
-    -xstartup /usr/bin/openbox-session" &
+    -rfbport 5901 \
+    -SecurityTypes None \
+    -AlwaysShared \
+    -AcceptKeyEvents \
+    -AcceptPointerEvents \
+    -SendCutText \
+    -AcceptCutText" &
 
 sleep 2
 
+# Start window manager and Scribus
+export DISPLAY=:1
+su - designer -c "export DISPLAY=:1 && dbus-launch openbox-session" &
+sleep 1
+su - designer -c "export DISPLAY=:1 && scribus" &
+
 # Start noVNC (websockify bridge)
 /usr/share/novnc/utils/novnc_proxy \
     --vnc localhost:5901 \