feat: add automation steps to bash rc

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@
 ./start.sh # Starts both vnc client and server
 ```
 
+### Allow clipboard
+For chrome users, please allow the vnc server to use your clipboard. Some clearing of cookies / cache / browsing history might be required
+```
+chrome://settings/content/clipboard
+```
+
+### Automation via bash.rc
+Replace `/home/user/workspace/noVNC/start.sh` with your actual full path of this repository and the start shell
+```sh
+RUN_IN_BACKGROUND=1 MUTE_ALL_LOGS=1 /home/user/workspace/noVNC/start.sh
+```
+
+
 ### Description
 
 noVNC is both a HTML VNC client JavaScript library and an application built on
@@ -24,15 +37,23 @@ for a more complete list with additional info and links.
 
 ### Table of Contents
 
-- [News/help/contact](#newshelpcontact)
-- [Features](#features)
-- [Screenshots](#screenshots)
-- [Browser Requirements](#browser-requirements)
-- [Server Requirements](#server-requirements)
-- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
-- [Installation from Snap Package](#installation-from-snap-package)
-- [Integration and Deployment](#integration-and-deployment)
-- [Authors/Contributors](#authorscontributors)
+- [noVNC: HTML VNC Client Library and Application](#novnc-html-vnc-client-library-and-application)
+  - [Quickstart](#quickstart)
+  - [Allow clipboard](#allow-clipboard)
+  - [Automation via bash.rc](#automation-via-bashrc)
+  - [Description](#description)
+  - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
+  - [News/help/contact](#newshelpcontact)
+  - [Features](#features)
+  - [Screenshots](#screenshots)
+  - [Browser Requirements](#browser-requirements)
+  - [Server Requirements](#server-requirements)
+  - [Quick Start](#quick-start)
+  - [Installation from Snap Package](#installation-from-snap-package)
+    - [Running noVNC from Snap Directly](#running-novnc-from-snap-directly)
+    - [Running noVNC from Snap as a Service (Daemon)](#running-novnc-from-snap-as-a-service-daemon)
+  - [Integration and Deployment](#integration-and-deployment)
+  - [Authors/Contributors](#authorscontributors)
 
 ### News/help/contact
 

start.sh

@@ -3,16 +3,22 @@
 #
 # Sample usage 1: RUN_IN_BACKGROUND=1 ./start.sh
 # Sample usage 2: RUN_IN_BACKGROUND=1 DESKTOP_ENV=xfce ./start.sh
+# Sample usage 3: RUN_IN_BACKGROUND=1 MUTE_ALL_LOGS=1 ./start.sh # for use in bash.rc automation, replace ./start.sh with full path
 # set FORCE_KILL=1 to force restart vnc server and client if it is already running
 # set FORCE_REINSTALL_TURBOVNC=1 to reinstall turbovnc to the latest version
 # set RUN_IN_BACKGROUND=1 to start proxy and vnc client in background
 # set DESKTOP_ENV=xfce to switch desktop environments to xfce instead of default gnome
+# set MUTE_ALL_LOGS=1 to mute all logs to console, for automation purposes
 
 set -e
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 
+if [ ! -z $MUTE_ALL_LOGS ] && [ $MUTE_ALL_LOGS -eq 1 ]; then
+    export LOGGER_LEVEL=ERROR
+fi
+
 . ./utils/shell-logger
 
 hasUpdated=0
@@ -22,9 +28,11 @@ NOVNC_PORT=6080
 info "Selected Desktop environment :: $desktopEnv"
 
 if [ -z $FORCE_KILL ]; then
-    if pgrep -f novnc_proxy >/dev/null && pgrep -f vncserver >/dev/null && pgrep -f xfce4 >/dev/null; then
-        printf "Virtual desktop already running on $NOVNC_PORT-$WEB_HOST/vnc.html\n"
-        exit
+    if pgrep -f novnc_proxy >/dev/null && pgrep -f vncserver >/dev/null; then
+        if pgrep -fdesktopEnv $ >/dev/null; then
+            info "Virtual desktop already running on $NOVNC_PORT-$WEB_HOST/vnc.html\n"
+            exit
+        fi
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ if [ ! -z $RUN_IN_BACKGROUND ]; then
     info "running novnc proxy in background"
     mkdir -p ~/logs
     ./novnc_proxy --vnc localhost:$displayPort &> ~/logs/novnc.log &
-    printf "\nNavigate to this URL:\n\n$NOVNC_PORT-$WEB_HOST/vnc.html\n"
+    info "\nNavigate to this URL:\n\n$NOVNC_PORT-$WEB_HOST/vnc.html\n"
 else
     ./novnc_proxy --vnc localhost:$displayPort 
 fi

vnc.html

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     -->
     <title>noVNC</title>
 
-    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="app/images/icons/novnc.ico">
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="app/images/icons/penguin.ico">
 
     <!-- Apple iOS Safari settings -->
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">