Nothing is launched

[anthony-o]

I'm using the command "sudo docker run -it --rm -p 5901:5901 --env USER=root dockerfile/ubuntu-desktop vncserver :1 -geometry 1280x800 -depth 24", then vncserver asks me to set a password, and after that, nothing happends.

user@Ubuntu:~$ sudo docker run -it --rm -p 5901:5901 --env USER=root dockerfile/ubuntu-desktop vncserver :1 -geometry 1280x800 -depth 24

You will require a password to access your desktops.

Password: 
Verify:   
Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)? n
xauth:  file /root/.Xauthority does not exist

New 'X' desktop is 027f87026dc4:1

Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup
Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/027f87026dc4:1.log

user@Ubuntu:~$ sudo docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
user@Ubuntu:~$ 

[mjpowersjr]

I am having the same problem.

[mjpowersjr]

After further investigation, it appears that the following file needs to exist (it can be empty)

/root/.Xresources

After running 'touch ~/.Xresources', I was able to launch the vnc server. I also found that adding the -nocursor option provided better results.

docker run -it --rm -p 5901:5901 -e USER=root dockerfile/ubuntu-desktop vncserver :1 -geometry 1280x800 -depth 24 -nocursor

[kstenerud]

Adding /root/.Xresources doesn't work for me. It doesn't launch the Docker container.