Gnome on Ubuntu comes with an included “Remote Desktop” feature (vino) that allows you to VNC into your existing desktop session (usually on the :0 display). However, XFCE does not have a native VNC package built in. The best option I have found is to use vino, the same VNC app that Gnome uses. Here’s how:
Install vino:
$ sudo apt-get install vino
Configure vino:
$ vino-preferences
Then enter this command in your Autostarted Apps to start vino server:
/usr/lib/vino/vino-server
This works well for me, the only feature I have found that doesn’t work is the “disable wallpaper on remote login” setting.
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Works like a charm. I’ve been trying to do this very thing with other VNC packages, but hadn’t thought to try Vino yet.
Works like a charm. I’ve been trying to do this very thing with other VNC packages, but hadn’t thought to try Vino yet. BTW, I’m running this in 8.04.
I think these options are great…for now, but I am so sick of having to write code when using Ubuntu. I understand it is an OS aimed at people like us who do code and tinker, but I wouldn’t mind seeing some more fleshed out remote desktop software solutions because I keep running into functionality roadblocks.
Thanks for this entry! I was looking for a way to re-enable VNC/remote desktop access since changing over to xfce. This works even on an older sparc build of Ubuntu 7.10