Remote Desktop into Ubuntu 17.10 from Windows 10

Good luck with this, would like to know more if it can be done ;)

it is possible. See here:

https://www.lifewire.com/setup-ubuntu-remote-desktop-4129666

Hi,

Thanks for the responses. I have done what is suggested and I get an error saying: "The connection was refused by the computer".

I have attached some screen shots to illustrate.

Any suggestions on how to resolve?

Thanks,

Ward
error_win10.png
ping_win10.png
config_linux.png

On the Linux side please choose a Security Model:
e.g. Require User to enter the Password:

Hi Peter,

Thanks for that. I tried your suggestion and am getting the same error.

Thanks,

Ward.

lets suggest the firewall is active - and let us allow vnc incoming with:

sudo ufw allow 5900

please test and report ....

Hi Peter,

Same result.

I also ran the following.

How can I check the the VNC service is installed or even running?

Have I missed a step?

Here is some extra commands I ran below.

Thanks,

Ward.


nmap localhost

Starting Nmap 7.60 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-12-18 22:06 AEDT
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.000075s latency).
Not shown: 999 closed ports
PORT    STATE SERVICE
631/tcp open  ipp

sudo service --status-all
 [ + ]  acpid
 [ - ]  alsa-utils
 [ - ]  anacron
 [ + ]  apparmor
 [ + ]  apport
 [ + ]  avahi-daemon
 [ - ]  bluetooth
 [ - ]  console-setup.sh
 [ + ]  cron
 [ + ]  cups
 [ + ]  cups-browsed
 [ + ]  dbus
 [ - ]  dns-clean
 [ + ]  gdm3
 [ + ]  grub-common
 [ - ]  hwclock.sh
 [ + ]  irqbalance
 [ + ]  kerneloops
 [ - ]  keyboard-setup.sh
 [ + ]  kmod
 [ + ]  network-manager
 [ + ]  networking
 [ + ]  open-vm-tools
 [ - ]  plymouth
 [ - ]  plymouth-log
 [ - ]  pppd-dns
 [ + ]  procps
 [ - ]  rsync
 [ + ]  rsyslog
 [ - ]  saned
 [ + ]  speech-dispatcher
 [ - ]  thermald
 [ + ]  udev
 [ + ]  ufw
 [ + ]  unattended-upgrades
 [ - ]  uuidd

to check if vnc is up and running please try:

netstat -tulpen | grep -i 5900

there should be a line showing the server program is running at this port.

I found an andditional important thing. To avoid problems with Windows one should disable vnc encryption via:

sudo gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false

let's go on ...

Hi Peter,

Here is the output.


wardh@ubuntu:~$ sudo netstat -tulpen | grep -i 5900
wardh@ubuntu:~$ netstat -tuplen | grep -i 5900
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
wardh@ubuntu:~$ sudo gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false

(process:1390): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Error spawning command line “dbus-launch --autolaunch=fc63c12e7cb543e688803e7d144dcc1c --binary-syntax --close-stderr”: Child process exited with code 1
wardh@ubuntu:~$

Plus I have attached a screen shot which I did some config as well with dconf-editor.

Thanks,

Ward.