Interesting. It would be great to find what is at the root of this bug.
So I did as you said on the gnome bug tracker and got the following output: =========================== $ /usr/lib/vino/vino-server 22/10/2008 12:54:38 PM Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5900 22/10/2008 12:54:38 PM Advertising security type: 'TLS' (18) 22/10/2008 12:54:38 PM Advertising authentication type: 'VNC Authentication' (2) 22/10/2008 12:54:38 PM Advertising security type: 'VNC Authentication' (2) 22/10/2008 12:54:49 PM Re-binding socket to listen for local VNC connections on TCP port 5900 -- ON LOCAL-ONLY ON -- 22/10/2008 12:56:10 PM Re-binding socket to listen for all VNC connections on TCP port 5900 -- ABOVE - TURNING LOCAL-ONLY OPTION OFF -- 22/10/2008 12:57:18 PM Re-binding socket to listen for local VNC connections on TCP port 5900 -- ABOVE - TURNING LOCAL-ONLY OPTION ON =========================== Then when I run netstat I get the following: tcp6 0 0 ::1:5900 :::* LISTEN 12748/vino-server Thank you for your help. -- Remote Desktop - "only accept from localhost" option does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs