Remote desktop documenation not complete

[Onno]

The documentation on desktop sharing is incomplete. It describes how to turn it on but not how to use it.

I have always been aware of this feature but I actually never tried to use it until today. Expecting it to just work.

Turning sharing on is simple but it is completely unclear and undocumented how one would connect to the shared desktop. Remmina is default installed on a Ubuntu system but I don't think this is the software to use for this feat.

Because the documentation is not complete I cannot use this feature. I have to find another way like installing VNC server.

https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/sharing-desktop.html

[Chris Perry (clissold345)]

Hi Onno, thanks for filing a bug. Yes I think you're right: the documentation could be improved. I see that on Ubuntu 16.04 Remmina is installed by default.

In case it's of use to you, there's a description of how to use Remmina here (dated 10/10/2013, and I haven't worked through it myself):

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/connecting-windows-remote-desktop-ubuntu

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[laluz (laluz)]

Ubuntu 16.04 is using Vino for a server and Remmina can access it using the IP of the server and VNC protocol. I have just checked it myself.

[Felix Moreno (info-justdust)]

In ubuntu 21.04 share desktop (with wayland) is gone, maybe should be fixed in documentation how to renable it.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

@Felix: It should work if the gnome-remote-desktop package is installed (which it should be by default).

Upstream issue about the need to update the documentation:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-user-docs/-/issues/124

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-user-docs - 40.4-1ubuntu1

---------------
gnome-user-docs (40.4-1ubuntu1) impish; urgency=medium

  * Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #1667894, LP: #1928017). Remaining
    changes:
    - debian/{control*,rules,gnome-user-docs.install}:
      + Split into language specific binary packages.
    - debian/{control*,rules}:
      + Don't install certain files and depend on ubuntu-docs.
    - debian/rules:
      + Don't strip translated pages.
      + Don't run dh_translations.
    - debian/control*:
      + Modify VCS info for Ubuntu
    - debian/gbp.conf:
      + Set debian-branch ubuntu/master
  * debian/control*: Modify VCS info
  * debian/gbp.conf: Modify debian-branch

gnome-user-docs (40.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * New upstream release
  * d/control*:
    - Change package description to GNOME Help (Lintian wants it to
      differ from the package name).
  * d/lintian-overrides: Clarify choice of package name

 -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <email address hidden> Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:00:27 +0200

[Felix Moreno (info-justdust)]

Sorry but remote desktop is gone with gnome-panel since ubuntu 21.04, 22.04 is also gone, if I'nm using gnome-panel there is no remote desktop.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

@Felix: That does not sound as a documentation issue. Please submit a bug against gnome-remote-desktop and/or gnome-panel.