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starting vino before login

Asked by Picou

My HTPC is headless - no montor, no keyboard only a projector. I set it to accept remote desktop connections so that I logon to it from a remote PC. My problem is that I first have to logon locally before vino kicks in and allows VNC connections.
Can someone pls explain how to have vino server starting before a user login ?

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Picou (lacurie) said : 		#1

Thanks!

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#2

Thanks for your question.

I believe, vino is a vnc wrapper that allows a local user to accept someone else to connect to their desktop. I am not sure what you really want to do? Do you just want to run a remote-desktop, or will you have several users doing that simulaneously?

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Picou (lacurie) said : 		#3

that's right. My main PC has no keyboard nor screen. I want it to accept remote connections - usually only one if that matters. I managed to do it but it only works if someone is logged on locally. It seems that the vnc wrapper is not started before a local user is logged onto the main PC. Is there a way to start the vino automatically "as a service" ?
Thank you.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#4

The following guide details how to do this:-

http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/VNC_GDM

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