How to get vino VNC server to start on startup in Ubuntu 18.04.1?

Solution 1:

After startup, click the square array of dots in the lower left of the screen.

Type 'startup applications' (no quotes) into the search box that appears at the top of the screen. Clock on the resulting icon.

Click Add at the right of the box, Type 'start vino' in the Name box, and paste /usr/lib/vino/vino-server into the command box.

Click Add at the bottom of the box.

Close the app.

You're done.

Solution 2:

The clean way to start he Vino Server is to use the systemctl command like so:

systemctl --user start vino-server

As mentioned by Organic Marble above, use the "Startup Applications" interface to add the command to your startup so when you log on it will automatically start that service. When you log out, it will automatically stop it.

For the hard core people, that can be done using an editor. Editing with vim:

vim ~/.config/autostart/systemctl.desktop

Then add an entry such as:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=systemctl --user start vino-server
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[en_US]=Vino Server
Name[fr_FR]=Vino Serveur
Name=Vino Server
Comment[en_US]=Auto-start the VNC service on login in
Comment[fr_FR]=Auto-démare le service VNC sur une connection
Comment=Auto-start the VNC service on login in