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Ubuntu comes with vino-server pre-installed. Remote desktop uses TCP port 5900. | |||
To enable go to: System - Preferences - Remote desktop | |||
*Check ‘Allow other users to view your desktop’. | *Check ‘Allow other users to view your desktop’. | ||
*Check ‘Allow other users to control your desktop’. | *Check ‘Allow other users to control your desktop’. | ||
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*Type in the password you want to use. | *Type in the password you want to use. | ||
To enable using a script: | |||
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<syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | <syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | ||
metacity --replace & disown | metacity --replace & disown | ||
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gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled | gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
</blockquote> | |||
Now you can use remote desktop with VNC, but you need to have a user logged in. To allow remote desktop at boot modify the gnome startup script to start vino-server: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | |||
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
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<pre> | |||
/usr/lib/vino/vino-server & | |||
</pre> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
Then modify the config file 'KillInitClients=true': | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | |||
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf | |||
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<pre> | |||
KillInitClients=false | |||
</pre> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
Revision as of 06:58, 12 January 2012
Ubuntu comes with vino-server pre-installed. Remote desktop uses TCP port 5900.
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.
To enable using a script:
metacity --replace & disown vino-preferences & disown gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled trueCheck if the server is enabled:
gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled
Now you can use remote desktop with VNC, but you need to have a user logged in. 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 modify the config file 'KillInitClients=true':
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
KillInitClients=false
