Questions tagged [vino]
vino is VNC server for GNOME.
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Fuzzy noise in remote desktop view
Enabled Remote Desktop from the settings menu. The RDP control is functional but the screen has fuzzy noise when viewed from the RDP client.
Configuration of the RDP is as follows:
Ubuntu 22.04.3 ...
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Disable clipboard sync in vino-server?
AFAIK, if someone views my screen the connection uses the vino-server.
Is there a way to disable synchronizing the clipboards?
gsettings list-keys org.gnome.Vino shows various settings, but nothing to ...
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Vino showing garbled desktop view
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu to 22.04 on an older MacBook laptop after running sevearal older versions.
Everything seems to be running fine on 22 except vino for VNC connections. That's quite ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Vino issues
So spun up a new Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vm minimal desktop installed a few apps and vino. Configured and connected without a problem a few times. Then needed to change the ip from dhcp to static and after ...
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Loss of display and Vino in previously working system
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system which crashed due to a hardware failure in the UPS.
Normally I access it remotely using SSH and VNC but I had to connect a monitor to confirm the BIOS settings and I ...
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In Ubuntu 20.04 how do I reset the VNC service's password from the command line
I was previously able to run the RealVNC Client on my PC and login to the VINO desktop on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server. But after several months of not trying to access the desktop now all of my user ...
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Suppress notification when a client connects to my vino server VNC
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If I connect via ssh, launch dbus-monitor, and then connect with TigerVNC, this is what I see.
$ dbus-monitor "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'"
signal time=1650458466.197413 ...
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Activating Vino From Command Line / VPS
I have signed up for VPS with tty root access. I would like to be able to access the desktop using VPN, but I'm having some trouble setting it up. What would be the best approach?
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VNC via SSH tunnel working or not, unkown causes
I have Ubuntu 20.04.3, in two computers PC1 and PC2.
I can connect via VNC (remmina) between the two with no problem.
Now I try to use VNC via SSH tunnel.
Set the tunnel
[PC1]$ ssh -L 5900:localhost:...
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Screen Sharing option missing on minimal installation+vino
I have a fresh install of 21.10 and selected the minimal installation as this will mostly be a hands off machine and I don't need the majority of the extras. This of course does not install vino so I ...
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Infinite and continuous intrusion(attack) attempts through the VNC server
I have previously posted the following question.
For reasons of unknown cause, a huge size of syslog continues to be created
I hastily concluded that this problem was caused by docker, but the same ...
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How can I make VINO to start at the startup?
I have VINO installed to control my PC remotely.
But if I reboot my PC (Ubuntu 18.04), the first screen I see is the login screen.
It seems that I necessarily need to log in for Vino to start, because ...
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My vino-server generates nearly 100 Go of syslog per day
I've been accessing my Ubuntu 20 laptop remotely (that's why vino-server is active I guess but I'm not 100% sur, it may also be used by other software) from a Windows PC at work for a long time, ...
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Q: Ubuntu 21.04 strange Vino behaviour
I've a strange behavior for Gnome screen sharing feature (Vino). I'm not sure what is wrong but sometimes it works flawlessly but after some time (i.e. 2 hours after it works) it doesn't work anymore. ...
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Unable to find ScreenSharing option in Settings on Ubuntu 20.04
Other people have a screen-sharing option in the settings->sharing. But I don't have it. From this answer, I realized that the minimal installation is the root cause. Although I have tried that ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 screen sharing is off, but I can VNC... weird?
I can connect to Ubuntu 18.04LTS via TigerVNC / vino-server.
And when in a VNC session, I open Settings -> Sharing and I see Screen Sharing is Off.
Does it make sense?
I thought it should be On to ...
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What are the device numbers reported by lsof?
What are the device numbers reported by lsof?
I read the man page, Identify devices from lsof, and this.
Still I do not know what is its meaning. In particular, for this case, what can I infer from ...
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Remote desktop connection to Ubuntu 20.4 using vino (from osx)
I am trying to connect to remote Ubuntu 20.04 machine. For the installation/configuration I can only use ssh.
I have enabled screen sharing, and started the vino service through ssh via :
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Vino advertises TLS even when require-encryption is false
I have an old Xubuntu system which I administer remotely from a Windows machine using UltraVNC. This doesn't support encryption, but since it's on a local net this is acceptable, and it has worked ...
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crontab doesn't run vino-server
i'm trying to run vino-server from crontab:
* * * * * /home/nvidia/run_vino.sh > /home/nvidia/LOG 2>&1
using this script:
#! /bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0.0
xhost +
nohup /usr/lib/vino/...
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Configure a VNC server on Ubuntu 19.10 desktop
I am trying to set up my Ubuntu Desktop to allow me to access it from my Windows 10 laptop. I installed the latest supported version of Ubuntu and it runs very nicely from the desktop.
I simply ...
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19.10 Keyboard and mouse and monitor required to use Desktop Sharing?
In the past I've used tightvnc and tigervnc. I decided to try and use the built in desktop sharing feature of Ubuntu 19.10. It works great as long as the mouse and keyboard are plugged in. When they ...
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VNC Viewer: Invalid endpoint: port not correctly specified
I have enabled Screen Sharing on my Ubuntu with the default settings (Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS).
My Ubuntu tells me I have to use the address: vnc://ZABBIX.local
But when I try to connect with VNC Viewer ...
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Vino-server not starting after reboot
I need to connect to a remote server with Ubuntu 18.04LTS and vino-server.
After reboot, the only way I found so far to connect via VNC is by first logging in at the console. So I cannot reboot ...
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Problems connecting to Vino server on Lubuntu from Windows 10 VNC client
I run Vino using these commands on my Lubuntu 18.04 machine:
gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false
/usr/lib/vino/vino-server --display=:0
When I try to connect to machine from a ...
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Use different screen resolution in vncviewer session from the server
I have a 1920x1080 screen connected directly to my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server.
I am connecting to it via vino (server side) and vncviewer (client side, Win 10).
In my client, I have a 1366x768 screen.
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Can I use Ubuntu 18.04 Screen sharing with vino with Mac OS X Mojave Screen Shareing
I've set up Screen sharing on my Ubuntu 18.04, and VPN'd into my network remotely from my Mac. However when entering the correct vnc://... from Screen Sharing on my Mac, I get a message saying that ...
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How to enable screen sharing when using networkd in netplan in Ubuntu 18.04.3?
I have configured a bond and 2 other network ports in my netplan configuration file, which works fine. The problem I face now is that I can not find a way to enable screen sharing since no networks ...
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Screen sharing only working when monitor connected
Using Ubuntu 19.04, I can only use the built-in screen sharing (vino) when a monitor is connected. I can successfully connect even without a monitor connected, but the screen isn't updated (ie I see ...
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How to allow screen sharing via wifi hotspot (using vino)?
I am trying to share the screen of my computer (Ubuntu 19.04). The computer is set up to provide a wifi hotspot. The idea is that VNC clients connect to my computer via the hotspot. I need this ...
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VNC connection results in grey or black screen
I want to install a vnc-server on a Ubuntu 18.04 desktop (clean install). I've tried vino, tigervnc, tightvnc. For vino, I don't get the screensharing option in the settings. For tigervnc and tightvnc ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 Screen Sharing Issues
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 19.04 on a new computer today. I need to be able to use VNC (Remmina) to remotly connect to this new computer regularly.
I logged on, ran
sudo apt install vino
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Multiple users on the same machine on the same time
I have a very powerful computer that is running Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver). And i want to use this computer with my colleagues in the same network at the same time using screen sharing (each ...
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How to get vino to run after autologin on a headless server - Ubuntu Server 18.04.2 LTS
I have a server I prepped here in the office and got everything working.
I set up auto-login followed by an immediate lock-screen so that vino would start automatically after a reboot.
I took the rack ...
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How to set vino's password through terminal?
How can one set vino's password through terminal in Ubuntu 18.04?
Here it uses vino-passwd command, but this gives me vino-passwd: command not found.
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Enable remote desktop (screen sharing) on ethernet while WiFi is connected to internet
I have a Ubuntu server connected to internet using WiFi. It is connected to another Windows computer via Ethernet. I setup internet sharing on Ubuntu box using iptables method from here https://help....
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Is it possible to have vino use the same password as the user log in password?
One can set a password for vino through GUI or command line. An example is provided here. But is it possible to set the password of vino the same as the password for the user account automatically ...
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Shift + special key does not work using real vnc viewer in windows to access ubuntu
Same issue as this: VNC: pressing Shift + Tab = Tab only
I can write "A" by pressing shift+a, but shift+tab won't work. Tab be triggered without the shift key. This has been an issue since at least ...
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how to connect to the Vino server desktop from the client-side?
I read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC/Servers
to configure vino server on my ubuntu 16.04.LTS desktop.
Using other vnc servers, I used to connect to 129.254.xxx.yyy:1 (when the vnc session is 1....
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Is my Vino server being attacked?
I installed vino on LUbuntu 18.04, and configured and started my vino server according to https://askubuntu.com/a/530196/1471 without understanding what the commands mean:
$ export DISPLAY=:0
$ ...
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How to get vino VNC server to start on startup in Ubuntu 18.04.1?
I have a headless Ubuntu PC running 18.04.1 Desktop. If I plug a monitor into it, Vino starts automatically and I can VNC into the box. I did set the "Sharing" item in the control panel to share the ...
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Is there a VNC client that supports the default encryption used by vino [closed]
I am looking for a VNC Client for Mac (also interesting for Windows) that supports the default encryption of Vino.
All the posts I find just show how to disable the encryption requirement (that is ...
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vino on Ubuntu 18.04, how to change default port 5900
I'm use Xorg option and normally SSH into this machine and forward X. I wanted to change 5900 port as part of security layer.
I've tried old method of using dconf-editor to change default port with ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Screen Share Networks only wifi show up
I have a HTPC with Ubuntu 18.04. This PC have two Networks:
wifi with DNS and Gateway (Internet)
Ethernet without DNS or Gateway
I open Settings -> Sharing -> Screen Sharing. In the "Networs Field" ...
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How to set up RDP server for existing/local desktop?
I'm been able to set up xrdp server on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, using xface4 without any issues. Standard solution starts a new X server on a new port with xface.
Nonetheless I'd much prefer connecting ...
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Vino not working after upgrading from Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 to Ubuntu 17.10
After upgrading from Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 to Ubuntu 17.10, vino no longer starts.
If I try to start it manually using:
/usr/lib/vino/vino-server
Then it just seg faults:
Segmentation fault (core ...
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configure 'other users are able to view my desktop' via command line
I am trying to get vino-server to work via ssh on an Ubuntu 17.04 machine. Specifically, I want to set the option that 'other users are able to view my desktop'. Ubuntu's documentation on vino states ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS starting vino / rdp from SSH
Ok, this is a weird one. I created a custom image that I then uploaded to a cloud provider. I only have SSH access to the box, and would like to start a regular lightdm/unity session for another user ...
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Vino only shows background
I am having an issue doing Remote Desktop (or vnc) to my ubuntu 17.04 machine (as well as my 16.10) I tried using tightvnc, and was successfully able to forward only a terminal window, and also ...
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Remote desktop Ubuntu 16.04 to Lubuntu 16.04 using vino-server via command not working (for me)
Your help would be very much appreciated!
I have 20+ years programming experience but I'm not a real Linux expert. I am trying to remote desktop from Ubuntu (16.04) to Lubuntu (16.04) using vino-...
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