Automatically starting remote desktop

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.

Note: remote desktop uses TCP port 5900

Go to: System - Preferences - Startup Applications - Add - Command

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