Further note, that I did this as step 7 immediately after starting the server. Note: If you want the RealVNC server to launch ever time you restart your computer you need to enter the following command at the terminal sudo systemctl enable rvice When you restart your computer the GUI will flash across the screen and the icon will be in the dock, however you can safely close this and the server will continue to listen for incoming connections.

After following the instructions above, I was presented with a terminal window asking for my admin password and it was accepted no problem. Unfortunately, during half my attempts to get it working on 17.10 it presented no way to enter the admin password, and during the other half, when it either popped up a dialog or opened a terminal, (it did both during different attempts) it simply looped back around. I was able to sign into my RealVNC account, but when I attempted to create a password to protect my computer it warned that admin privileges were required. This is where things went balls up in the past. Launch RealVNC server sudo systemctl start rviceĪt this point I was presented with the GUI wherein you must enter your account credentials and a password for the computer you are installing the server on.

Uncomment the line: #CUSTOM_COMMAND= and edit it so that it reads CUSTOM_COMMAND=gnome-terminal -title DESCRIPTION -disable-factory - sudo COMMAND save the file, and exit nano.

sudo cp /etc/vnc/vncelevatecfg /etc/vnc/vncelevatecfg.custom.

Download RealVNC Connect (6.2.1 as I am writing this), and do the following from the terminal:.

All I know is I followed these steps, in this order, on Ubuntu 18.04, and I can now connect to my Ubuntu desktop using RealVNC viewer from other devices. I had been trying to get it working on 17.10 for some time before I tried their 'fix', and it is possible that had something to do with my failure. It is possible that these steps would work on 17.x as well, but who knows. While I was not able to get their workaround to work on Ubuntu 17.10, I did get it working on Ubuntu 18.04. I use the free version of RealVNC Viewer (the key word being viewer) to connect to my Mac Mini from my iPhone and Ubuntu desktop, however RealVNC Connect (read server) is not officially supported on Ubuntu versions higher than 16.04 at this time. Viewing My Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop From My iPhone 8

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