Ubuntu – Vino VNC Server unable to start on startup

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So I am trying to get the Vino VNC Server to startup on boot, meaning I don't have to login to have the VNC Server start. I am on Ubuntu GNOME 15.04, and I have already added

/usr/lib/vino/vino-server

to 'Startup Applications'. However, the VNC Server still won't start as soon as I boot up. I have to login in order for the VNC Server to start. What should I do? Do I need to create a systemd unit file? If so, how do I do it?

Edit: This question is different from this becuase I need Vino Server to work, while that guide suggests x11vncserver.

Best Answer

create a systemd unit or service to run vino server at startup

```
cd /etc/systemd/system/
```
```
sudo vim vinostartup.service
```

[Unit]
Description = description about the service
After = network.target
[Service]
ExecStart = /usr/lib/vino/vino-server
[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target

Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable vinostartup.service

Verify it using below command vinostartup.service will be there
```
ls multi-user.target.wants/
```
If you don’t want to wait until next boot (it’s already enabled) we can start the service
```
sudo systemctl start vinostartup.service
```

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The tutorial you referenced is outdated, it assumes you're on an older version of Ubuntu with Upstart as the init system (init systems control startup applications). Newer versions of Ubuntu use systemd as the init system.

You need to create a new file at /lib/systemd/system/x11vnc.service and put this inside the file:

[Unit]
Description=Start x11vnc at startup.
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/bryan/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After you have created that file you need to enable and reload the service using systemctl by issuing these commands:

sudo systemctl enable x11vnc.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

I recommend restarting your system after running those commands.

Reference: http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=8984

Note: to anyone else having the same issue and creating this file. Be sure to change the ExecStart line to point to your password, i.e. change /home/bryan/.vnc/passwd to /home/yourusername/.vnc/passwd

Ubuntu – How to restart Vino (or the Desktop Environment)

For anyone that will end here from search engine :)

With information from here:

vino CLI

I managed to restart vino server from another VNC connection on Ubuntu with following commands:

pkill vino
/usr/lib/vino/vino-server --display=:0.0

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