GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 352349
[Feature Request] Vino access from login screen
Last modified: 2009-11-26 09:33:01 UTC
Sorry if this has already been asked before, I've tried a few google searches but nothing meaningful came up. Is it possible in any current or future releases of vino to connect to the machine while it is sat at the login screen? I currently have to setup an auto-login with an unpriviledged user after a period of time from the login screen or physically go to the computer to log-in then go back to my desk to remote control it. Auto-logins as another user or having to walk to the computer first to enable remote controll would seem to be self-defeating. Again appologies if this has been asked before. Thanks Jason Meers
It sounds like what you need is the vnc extension to the X server. That one shouldn't need gnome to be running first, and performance may be better as well. I have never tried it, as I use vino for remote help from our helpdesk. In Norway things like a popup asking the user if it's ok to connect and a visual indicator are required by law. You don't get that with the X server vnc support.
Mark was at some point interested in implementing this[0] and may even have some experimental code somewhere. It's something I'd love to see some day too. [0] http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/remote-desktop-2.html
I would love to have this feature, it would be much easier than using VNC + GDM (XDMCP). Would it be difficult to implement? I don't have much spare time atm, but I'd be willing to help where I can.
*** Bug 557671 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Maybe GNOME developers have any plans to enable a VNC connection directly in GDM?
New GDM allows use autostart to start any program you want. You need do: # cp /etc/xdg/autostart/vino-server.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ # su - gdm $ gconftool-2 -s -t boolean /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true $ gconftool-2 -s -t boolean /desktop/gnome/remote_access/prompt_enabled false Restart gdm Here new GDM means 2.22 or later, I'm using gdm 2.28.1. I'm going to close this bug as OBSOLETE.