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I'm trying to start vino on an Ubuntu 14.04 box from the command line, but vino claims it's already running:

$ ps auxww | grep vino
myusername 17566  0.0  0.0  15940   920 pts/42   S+   19:04   0:00 grep --color=auto vino

$ /usr/lib/vino/vino-server --display=:0.0

(vino-server:17570): EggSMClient-CRITICAL **: egg_sm_client_set_mode: assertion 'global_client == NULL || global_client_mode == EGG_SM_CLIENT_MODE_DISABLED' failed
** Message: The desktop sharing service is already running, exiting.

I tried following the advice at (can't start vino VNC service on Ubuntu 12.04) but it didn't help.

Why does vino claim it's already running when it's not? How can I start it?

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Thomas Johnson
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I wanted to restart vino-server because I could not connect anymore. I tried the way you did but it did not work out. What help for me:

sudo pkill Xorg

Afterwards 

DISPLAY=:0.0 /usr/lib/vino/vino-server &

says:

Server is already active for display 0

So I deleted:

sudo rm  /tmp/.X0-lock

And restarted vino afterwards:

nohup /usr/lib/vino/vino-server --display=:0.0

Note: It still told me already running but now I could connect to it via VNC anyways.

Jack Miller
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