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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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Vino on Lubuntu 16.04 - Problems

I have a new installation of Lubuntu 16.04, and want to install Vino on it. After installing, I can open vino-preferences and configure - but the vino server itself won't start. When attempting to ...
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Error when running "vino-preferences" on Ubuntu 15.10

I'm trying to configure and enable remote login on an Ubuntu 15.10 machine by connecting to it using ssh from Ubuntu 14 machine. On Ubuntu 15.10 machine, I've installed vino using the following ...
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Black screen when accessing Ubuntu remote host via VNC and vino-server

I have a headless server and I am trying to setup a VNC connection in order to access it with a GUI. Now I have only root access via ssh. I have followed most of the instructions given here Enable ...
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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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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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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 do I disable the local screen in Vino VNC?

As the title says, when I remote into my machine through VNC, how do I disable the local screen? I am currently running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04
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Xhost: Unable to open display (setting up Vino on VPS)

I'm currently trying to setup Vino (the VNC server) on a VPS of mine. However, whenever I try exporting and opening the display, it doesn't work. I've looked for hours last night for a solution for ...
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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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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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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 : /usr/lib/...
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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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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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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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How can I change the name of Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04

I am using Gnome Classic DE with Ubuntu 12.04. The Vino VNC server is functioning perfectly but it annoyingly advertises itself on the LAN as "(user)'s remote desktop on (server)". I've looked at ...
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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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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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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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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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How do i check if VNC - Vino is installed on my ubuntu computer

Hello im kind of newbie to ubuntu , i have installed the latest ubuntu version but i have not installed any external packages , how do i know whether the vino which is default vnc server for ubuntu is ...
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Google Chrome won't refresh in vino on Ubuntu 14.4

Client: Max OS X remote desktop on Yosemite 10.10.3 Server: Vino (Desktop Access) on Ubuntu 14.4 running in a parallels VM on ANOTHER Mac It took a while to get all this to work and I followed all ...
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Is it possible to connect to login screen on console session via VNC or RDP?

Following the instructions from Use xrdp to connect to desktop session, I've set up xrdp/vino so that if I'm logged on at the console, I can remote in and share the desktop. However, my question is ...
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access with vino without ask me permissions

i have ubuntu 12.10. how I can access my computer remotely with vino, without ask me permissions on the server? I need something like LogMeIn, or how i can stop vino asking me for permissions?
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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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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

EDIT 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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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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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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How do I set up an encrypted SSH tunnel for VNC?

Here's whats happening: The TightVNC client on my Windows client does not interact with my Vino VNC server, because of some encryption stuff, as shown here: Gnome 3.10 sharing desktop --- how to ...
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Ubuntu 15.04, Vino, Does Not Work

I have a fresh Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop installed and I'm trying to setup Vino/VNC to access my PC remotely. I have the following vino package installed: root@wxbrew:~# apt-cache policy vino vino: ...
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