Automatically starting remote desktop

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2010 Ubuntu 10.04, Network

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
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