After some more analysis, I could confirm that the issue relates to uPNP. It never succeeds setting uPNP on my router/DSL box (an Orange "LiveBox"), but if I uncheck the uPNP checkbox, then vino opens up immediately and works... on the LAN.
As a side note, the uPNP issue does not relate to the router, as Skype or my son's games have no problem opening ports using uPNP on the same router box... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vino in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1610547 Title: Cannot connect to remote desktop, vino not answering Status in vino package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Seen this on 2 machines both running vino 3.8.1-0ubuntu9, exact same symptoms : - One machine running Ubuntu 16.04.1 xenial LTS (from which I report this) - One machine running Mint 18 Sarah (based on Ubuntu 16.04, showing same behaviour) On both machines, vino does not work or works very erratically : - The Vino icon doesn't appear in the task bar at all, or eventually appears after 20 minutes or so... - uPNP port opening is *NOT* registered by router - Port 5900 seems open - It is not possible to remotely connect to the machine (server not responding) - It *may* (or may not) start working after vino has been running for an extended period of time... - If it eventually starts working, then, well, it works, but that seldom happens. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: vino 3.8.1-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Aug 6 17:04:17 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-22 (15 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) SourcePackage: vino UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/+bug/1610547/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
