{"id":67416,"date":"2024-12-19T17:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=67416"},"modified":"2024-12-21T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T16:11:40","slug":"vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/","title":{"rendered":"VNC remote access to Linux Mint with Vino Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Access your Linux computer via VNC with Vino server, a remote desktop like solution for Linux.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to access my Linux laptop from my Windows desktop machine. On Windows you have remote desktop, on Linux often VNC is used. A simple solution is the &#8220;vino-server&#8221;. Once activated you can access your computer using a VNC client like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tightvnc.com\/download.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TightVNC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/#Video\" >Video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/#Installation\" >Installation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/#Configuration\" >Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/#Starting_the_server\" >Starting the server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/#Connect_to_the_computer\" >Connect to the computer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67416\/vnc-remote-access-to-linux-mint-with-vino-server\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video\"><\/span>Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ktF6H3pq33I?si=Dv8S7vADMWDfxto-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Installation\"><\/span>Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Installation is simple using apt:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nsudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install vino\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configuration\"><\/span>Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are several settings, for example you can set a passwort:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\ngsettings set org.gnome.Vino vnc-password $(echo -n 'yourpassword' | base64)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>To activate using the password, use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\ngsettings set org.gnome.Vino authentication-methods \"['vnc']\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>By default you are asked about the connection, you can activate it or deactivate it (true or false):<\/p>\n<pre>\r\ngsettings set org.gnome.Vino prompt-enabled false\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"166\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_1.png 564w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_1-300x88.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Activate or deactivate encryption (true or false):<\/p>\n<pre>\r\ngsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Encryption is good in general, but not every VNC client supports it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Starting_the_server\"><\/span>Starting the server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can start the server with the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n\/usr\/lib\/vino\/vino-server\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_2.webp 878w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_2-300x101.webp 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_2-768x258.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You now should be able to connect to the computer. If this does not work, you might have to allow port 5900 in the firewall:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nsudo ufw allow 5900\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connect_to_the_computer\"><\/span>Connect to the computer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On Windows you can use TightVNC. Enter the IP address of the computer, the default port is 5900:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_3.png 428w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_3-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_3-350x250.png 350w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_3-420x300.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The solution is aimed at people who just want to establish a connection, e.g. in the internal network. The user must be logged in and the server must be started for it to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_4.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_4.webp 800w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_4-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vino_4-768x428.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access your Linux computer via VNC with Vino server, a remote desktop like solution for Linux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[3230,1682,2443,2068,1558],"class_list":["post-67416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-instructions-en","tag-linux-en","tag-linux-en-2","tag-windows-en-2","tag-windows-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}