Chrome remote desktop "failed to start remote access service"

Question

Trying to run Chrome remote desktop on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS.

Installed:

When I try to connect in the app through "enable remote connection" it searches for a while then says "failed to start remote access service".

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 27 '15 at 02:27

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I had similar problem on xubuntu 14.04. The last step that solved the problem was to add the user to the group as follows:

sudo groupadd chrome-remote-desktop
usermod -a -G chrome-remote-desktop <username>

You can check if the user is in the group by:

groups <username>

before the last step I also followed the linux section in:

edited Aug 27 '15 at 02:27

Seth

answered Aug 25 '15 at 15:55

Sean Moore

sudo groupadd chrome-remote-desktop usermod -a -G chrome-remote-desktop – Sean Moore Aug 25 '15 at 15:59
You can [edit] and delete your posts. – Pilot6 Aug 25 '15 at 18:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '18 at 16:49

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I was having the same problem with not being able to activate remote services but I finally got it working without any editing.

Install remote desktop app in chrome, if your remote connection fails, restart computer then open the app again and try connecting the service again.
After the service is running, restart again then check your remote device (Phone, Tablet or another PC) and it should be running.

answered Feb 27 '18 at 16:49

Lonnie Dumont

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