Remote VNC on computer bootup (Lucid)

[Steve Malenfant]

That's the case... Although my computer isn't exactly "headless". I do have
a monitor and keyboard I connect to it sometime to use it at my desk. The
problem is when I go away from my house and needs remote access to it.
Because it crashes sometimes due to the AMD/memory or IGP (don't know yet),
once it reboots I can't remote access it. That's why the keyring really
bothers me.

To enable "remote access" from the GUI, you need to run level 5... It needs
to have the GUI started up...

I'll see what it does by rebooting the machine and logging in using locally
first... I could start a new vncserver session on :1 instead of :0. But
sometime I like to leave stuff where they are and restart where I was.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:06 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 11/11/2010 04:51 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 11/11/2010 08:02 AM, Steve Malenfant wrote:
> >> Why can't VNC let me in after I reboot my computer? Always ask for a
> >> password for the keyring that I have to plug back my keyboard/monitor to
> >> enter? Any workaround?
> >>
> >> Ubuntu has been a bit frustrating after changing from Centos... I'm
> getting
> >> used to it, but seems to be less user friendly.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Not sure exactly what you are asking, but I'll try to guess as I have
> > multiple machines that I boot headless (no keyboard, no monitor) and VNC
> > into...
> >
> > Set the machine to autologin: System|Administration|Login Screen|Unlock
> > - 'Log in as <user> automatically. That way when the system boots it
> > will autologin using that username. Of course you need to set your BIOS
> > to ignore no keyboard (not halt on keyboard error).
> >
> > The next problem that you will encounter is that booting headless will
> > cause the screen resolution defaults to go to the lowest default setting
> > (640x480) and might not be optimal. In order to change that you are
> > going to have to generate a proper /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to have the
> > system go to the proper resolution settings. From one of my old posts:
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-February/107135.html
>
> Wait a minute. I know see what you are saying... the keyring is asking
> for a password on the headless machine (I've just checked in Maverick as
> well). This must be a recent change, perhaps for security reasons?
>
> In any event, I see what you are referring to & sorry for the previous.
> I'll see if I can figure out why and a solution as this affects me as
> well (hadn't booted those machines in awhile).
>
>
>
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