RealVNC server not connecting locally after update from 20.10 to 21.04

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2021-04-27 at 11:56 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 10:24, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org>
> wrote:
> > No VMs involved. :) On my Ubuntu laptop I run RealVNC in service
> > mode. On that same laptop I can't run vnc-viewer localhost:5900 or
> > telnet localhost 5900
> 
> Is that a typo?  Do you mean you *can* run it using localhost?

I think he means he runs the server on his laptop, but cannot connect
to it locally, neither with the client software nor with telnet.

Gilles, if netstat -rn does not show something listening on 5900, then
*nothing is listening on 5900*. It is a total waste of time to try to
connect to it. You need to find out why RealVNC is not providing local
service.

Regards, K.

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