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I have setup my ubuntu machine to allow remote connections (with a PIN), and then I used Mac's VNC viewer Share Screens to connect to it, and it works. However, it always connects to a new session, meaning that I can't see/use the windows that I already have open. Some apps like Firefox won't even let me start them, since they say an instance of the program is already open.
Is there a way to VNC directly into the existing session?
I don't have a Mac to check how your viewer works, but I use VNC a lot between Ubuntu and Windows. When I access Ubuntu from Windows (UltraVNC) it logs me into the currently logged-in desktop. Is your Ubuntu post-12.04? If so you need to set up
vino
correctly. In particularvino-server
should be running in your current session. You should check this by runningps -efl|grep vino
from a terminal. If this is correct, see what happens if you try to connect from a Windows system, assuming you can get access to one. – AFH – 2016-04-16T17:00:51.633