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== Vino-server, enable with GUI ==
=Vino-server, enable with GUI=


Ubuntu comes with vino-server pre-installed.  
Ubuntu comes with vino-server pre-installed.  
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*Type in the password you want to use.
*Type in the password you want to use.


== Enable with script ==
=Enable with script=


To enable using a script:
To enable using a script:
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*Remote desktop uses TCP port 5900.
*Remote desktop uses TCP port 5900.


== Start vino-server at boot ==
=Start vino-server at boot=


''Note: The following didn't work for me, instead I leave a user logged in and lock the screen''
''Note: The following didn't work for me, instead I leave a user logged in and lock the screen''
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To allow remote desktop at boot modify the gnome startup script to start vino-server:
To allow remote desktop at boot modify the gnome startup script to start vino-server:
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Note: this file has been moved around quite a lot in Ubuntu history. This location is for Ubuntu 10.04.
Note: this file has been moved around quite a lot in Ubuntu history. This location is for Ubuntu 10.04.


== VPN problem 'Bad checksum from pppd' ==
=Troubleshooting=


''Todo: but maybe we want to have mppe-128?''
Start vino-server with some logging:


---
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
killall vino-server
exec /usr/lib/vino/vino-server > /tmp/vino-server.log 2>&1  & disown
</syntaxhighlight>


<blockquote>
Query remote desktop server configuration:
<pre>
 
Jan 12 09:14:09 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: CTRL: Client 100.200.300.4 control connection started
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
Jan 12 09:14:09 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
gconftool -R /desktop/gnome/remote_access
Jan 12 09:14:09 WJV5 pppd[2854]: Plugin /usr/lib/pptpd/pptpd-logwtmp.so loaded.
</syntaxhighlight>
Jan 12 09:14:09 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: GRE: Bad checksum from pppd.
Jan 12 09:14:39 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=611660,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1
  error = Input/output error, usually caused by unexpected termination of pppd, check option syntax and pppd logs
Jan 12 09:14:39 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(6,7)
Jan 12 09:14:39 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: CTRL: Reaping child PPP[2854]
Jan 12 09:14:39 WJV5 pptpd[2852]: CTRL: Client 100.200.300.4 control connection finished
</pre>
</blockquote>


Disable 'require-mppe-128', source:
What ports are in-use and by what processes:
* http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1794838


<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
sudo gedit /etc/ppp/pptpd-options
sudo netstat -tlnp
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
<blockquote>
<pre>
...
#require-mppe-128
...
</pre>
</blockquote>

Latest revision as of 16:04, 5 January 2014


Vino-server, enable with GUI

Ubuntu comes with vino-server pre-installed.

To enable go to: System - Preferences - Remote desktop

  • Check ‘Allow other users to view your desktop’.
  • Check ‘Allow other users to control your desktop’.
  • Uncheck ‘Ask you for confirmation’.
  • Type in the password you want to use.

Enable with script

To enable using a script: 

metacity --replace & disown
vino-preferences & disown
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true

Check if the server is enabled: 

gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled

Note:

  • Now you can use remote desktop with VNC, but you need to have a user logged in.
  • Remote desktop uses TCP port 5900.

Start vino-server at boot

Note: The following didn't work for me, instead I leave a user logged in and lock the screen

To allow remote desktop at boot modify the gnome startup script to start vino-server: 

sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
/usr/lib/vino/vino-server &

Then add the line 'KillInitClients=false': 

sudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
...
KillInitClients=false
...

Note: this file has been moved around quite a lot in Ubuntu history. This location is for Ubuntu 10.04.

Troubleshooting

Start vino-server with some logging: 

killall vino-server
exec /usr/lib/vino/vino-server > /tmp/vino-server.log 2>&1  & disown

Query remote desktop server configuration: 

gconftool -R /desktop/gnome/remote_access

What ports are in-use and by what processes: 

sudo netstat -tlnp
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