can't remotely control ubuntu 18 after a reboot until i log in on the physical server

mjr2015

pretty much the topic. as soon as i log in I am able to teamviewer into the box.

i ssh'd in and saw it was started / etc and it shows up in my list of machine to log into.

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CamCort

i have Ubuntu 18.04.5 and this does not works for me, tested on diffrent machines.
any advice?

@JamesKCS wrote:
Same issue here. It shows the computer as online after a remote restart, but then I still cannot connect (just fails with no error message) until I log in locally. After that I can connect remotely and everything works fine. The target computer is running Ubuntu 18 and TeamViewer 14 (start with system is checked).

Edit: see bobgutierrez's answer here: https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/Linux/Teamviewer-13-not-connecting-in-Ubuntu-18-04-Login-Screen/td-p/35342
It says:
sudo gedit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
Uncomment this line in custom.conf file:
WaylandEnable=false
and Reboot.

royadi96

Thank you so much, you have saved my months of efforts during this lockdown.

euroluar

This worked for me on

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

welkervinicius

@JamesKCS wrote:
Same issue here. It shows the computer as online after a remote restart, but then I still cannot connect (just fails with no error message) until I log in locally. After that I can connect remotely and everything works fine. The target computer is running Ubuntu 18 and TeamViewer 14 (start with system is checked).

Edit: see bobgutierrez's answer here: https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/Linux/Teamviewer-13-not-connecting-in-Ubuntu-18-04-Login-Screen/td-p/35342
It says:
sudo gedit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
Uncomment this line in custom.conf file:
WaylandEnable=false
and Reboot.

Thanks @JamesKCS

Worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04 with TeamViewer 15.3

JamesKCS

Same issue here. It shows the computer as online after a remote restart, but then I still cannot connect (just fails with no error message) until I log in locally. After that I can connect remotely and everything works fine. The target computer is running Ubuntu 18 and TeamViewer 14 (start with system is checked).

Edit: see bobgutierrez's answer here: https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/Linux/Teamviewer-13-not-connecting-in-Ubuntu-18-04-Login-Screen/td-p/35342

It says:

sudo gedit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

Uncomment this line in custom.conf file:

WaylandEnable=false

and Reboot.

scarift

Happens to me too. After each restart in Ubuntu 18,.04.1 TeamViewer 13.2.26559 hangs connecting, after manually logging in in the remote computer, It connects but freeze the screen after few seconds. So far the only solution is to restart the TeamViewer service via SSH:

systemctl restart teamviewerd

Already tried reinstalling TeamViewer with no success...