Ubuntu
vino package

Desktop shortcut missing for Vino GUI in Ubuntu 17.10

Bug #1710373 reported by AsciiWolf
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned
vino (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

There is not any possibility for an end user to configure screen sharing via VNC in Ubuntu 17.10. The "Desktop sharing" shortcut cannot be found in the GNOME Shell Overview and is also missing in the Sharing section of the GNOME Control Center.

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AsciiWolf (asciiwolf) wrote :

This is an upstream issue: Vino VNC server does not support Wayland yet.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
tags: added: wayland
AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)
tags: added: bionic
Revision history for this message
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

I think this is at least in part a duplicate of bug 1730612.

I don't expect for vino itself to gain Wayland support but for vino to be replaced by gnome-remote-desktop.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in vino (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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