---
id: infra/delete-etc-systemd-system-officer-vnc-service
title: "Delete `/etc/systemd/system/officer-vnc.service`"
theme: infra
status: open
created: 2026-07-15
date_source: stated
order: 1
---

**Delete `/etc/systemd/system/officer-vnc.service`.** Hand-installed unit (not in this repo)
that ran `vncserver :1 -geometry 1920x1080 -localhost yes -fg` with `Restart=on-failure`,
enabled at boot — it kept a whole parallel XFCE session alive on `:1` (283 MB, 166 tasks)
independently of the platform, and silently respawned it whenever the display was killed.
Obsolete now that the Desktop panel mirrors `:0` via x11vnc. Disabled 2026-07-15
(`systemctl disable --now`), but the unit file is still on disk. Nothing in the codebase
recreates it and nothing documents it, so delete the file rather than leave a mystery service
one `systemctl enable` away from returning.