Automatically starting remote desktop

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 true

Check 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