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#UBUNTU REMOTE DESKTOP SERVER 15.04 INSTALL#
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Gdm 53270 53268 TS 19 13:56 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary -systemd -autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart Gdm 53268 53167 TS 19 13:56 tty1 00:00:00 dbus-run-session - gnome-session -autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart Gdm 53167 53149 TS 19 13:56 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session dbus-run-session - gnome-session -autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart

#UBUNTU REMOTE DESKTOP SERVER 15.04 FULL#

f - do full format listing so you get all information, including process owner.

c - including the commmand line parameters.

To find the gdm and gnome processes that are running use "sudo ps -efc" which will show: This has proved problematic for x11vnc as it means you cannot have single background process that is connected to a single display.Īlso the X11 display for "greeter" is not longer available once the login has completed and you are running with the user "session". Since Ubuntu 17.04 there has been seperate processes and DISPLAYs for the initial login "greeter" and the user "session". Use ls of directory to find the active DISPLAYSĭrwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 May 12 13:37. The X11 display is access via a unix socket, which are in directory "/tmp/.X11-unix":. So here are some tools / command I have used in getting information on what is going on.įind all the DISPLAY being used and the owner

Change in security management of X11 server access.

Shift of XAUTHORITY file from ~/.Xauthority to /run/user//gdm/Xauthority.

Over last few Ubuntu release I have found the following things have caused x11vnc to break: Here are my tips to help "fix it up again", hence writing this up "backwards" from getting diagnostic info to then setting up remote desktop. With Ubuntu 16.04 Remote Desktop Access as easy to get going "out of the box" but from 17 on it keeps getting broken in some way due to UI sub-systems changes.

#UBUNTU REMOTE DESKTOP SERVER 15.04 INSTALL#

Get the same look and feel as if I was on local Ubuntu Desktop with a bog standard install (ie Gnome Desktop).Be able to access standard Ubuntu Gnome Desktop from MacOS (so need VNC).So like many things Linux you have an abundance of riches, but not simplicity. Remote display protocols like Microsofts RDP, VNC and X11.It is still surprising that there is no simple standard out of box way to achieve this, rather there a number of ways to achieve this including using alternate: But I still do and while I can get by with ssh and scripts for many things sometimes I need the Ubuntu GUI and this is mostly required to be be accessed remotely. So I should never need to access the Ubuntu Gnome Desktop ever again. I read the book, the blogs and the raves and rants and know I should automate all system admin activities with scripts, bits, hacks and band aids and control everything via SSH or HTTP/S. Who needs a GUI when you have a command line ? Status: May 2021 - Broke it and fixed it (again) on Ubuntu 21.04, so writing up in antcipation of next time this breaks.