Upgrading F42 - F43 tigervnc server doesn't start any more

Have several headless F42 boxes. These had issues upgrading from F41 to F42 so they were fresh 42 installs and not upgrades. Upgrading 42 - 43 caused tigervnc server to not work any more. The files & config are still there, but the service crashes out immediately after starting. AI had me try wayvnc on a headless box which didn’t work too well, nor did tigervnc-server-minimal. I have not found any instructions for tigervnc server on F43. Fortunately I tested on non-important boxes first and can be rebuilt until a solution works.
Any ideas?

GNOME no longer supports Xorg session, but TigerVNC still depends on it.
You can try using other session types, see:

dnf provides /usr/share/xsessions/\*

Or switch to RDP, e.g. provided by GNOME Remote Desktop.

Ouch. AI said something was removed. I think I tried rdp on previous versions. Can’t remember why I didn’t stick with it, but I will test it again.

Thanks for the info

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