Ubuntu
gnome-desktop3 package

  1. Bug #1416081
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 1416081

Revision history for this message
Ryan Tandy (rtandy) wrote :

Just learned that LightDM knows how to launch a VNC server, thought I'd try it out.

trusty: apt-get install gnome-session-flashback gnome-session-bin/trusty-proposed libgnome-desktop-3-7/trusty-proposed tightvncserver

utopic: apt-get install gnome-session-flashback gnome-session-bin/utopic-proposed unity-settings-daemon/utopic-proposed tightvncserver

cat > /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[VNCServer]
enabled=true
width=1366
height=768
depth=24
^D

service lightdm restart

Launching vncviewer on another machine presents the LightDM login screen, and logging into a GNOME Flashback (Metacity) session works.

Is that enough to consider this verified?