I have just sorted out this same challenge and had some great success, so wanted to share. Sudo gsettings set require-encryption falseĪnd then restart the Vino server with command: You should be able to fix it by asking Vino server to disable encryption. For example the built-in Screen Sharing app on Mac, or the VNC Viewer for Windows.

If you encounter error message stating something like: 'the remote computer is incompatible with the version of your VNC client'. If successful, the Screen Sharing application should automatically launch within your macOS desktop to remotely view your Ubuntu 16.04 or Ubuntu 18.04.2-LTS device on your local-network as depicted by the screen-shot below- enjoy!.

Within the Spotlight field, enter vnc://your_server_ip:5900 (e.g.

Access the 'Spotlight' by typing 'CMD' + 'Space-bar'.

Turn on 'Screen Sharing'- select 'Allow connections to control the screen' and 'Require a password' underneath 'Access Options' then proceed with the below instructions to remotely access your Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS desktop from your macOS desktop.

Within 'Settings', scroll down to the 'Sharing' tab within the left-hand side of the window.

Evidently, vino functionality was merged in Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Gnome Control Center, so it's much easier- simply go to 'Settings'.

After noting the local-IP address of the device, proceed with the next set of instructions from your macOS desktop.

Retrieve and the device-IP address by running ifconfig -a the local-IP address of the device will be returned within the terminal-output under the field: 'inet addr:' (e.g.

Run sudo-reboot and then log-in to the Ubuntu 16.04 desktop.

After the vino application preferences window prompts, ensure that the 'Allow other users to view your desktop' and 'Allow other users to control your desktop' options are selected beneath the 'Sharing' field it is also recommended to select the 'You must confirm each access to the this machine' and 'Require the user to enter system-password'.

Download and install vino by running sudo apt-get install vino within the Ubuntu terminal.

I successfully logged-in remotely from my iMac macOS Mojave desktop into my hackintosh, which is a retrofitted 2012 Apple Macbook Pro running smoothly Ubuntu 16.04:

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