# Screen Sharing issue. Toggle not toggling! Rocky 9.7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [July 1, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/screen-sharing-issue-toggle-not-toggling-rocky-9-7/20640 "2026-07-01T14:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flanzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@flanzer](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/flanzer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/screen-sharing-issue-toggle-not-toggling-rocky-9-7/20640/1 "2026-07-01T14:41:00Z")
I’m having a slight issue with screen sharing in Rocky. The toggle within screen sharing won’t toggle, and is greyed out, so it doesn’t start up and listen on 5900. Where do I go with this? Very stumped You can see from ‘ss -ntl’, port 5900 isn’t listening Hopefully someone can help here. Command line would be class, as I’ve 20 or so devices in the field, that I can’t currently VNC, but can ssh See pics ![PXL_20260701_143314247.MP](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/2/2c029fc5ba4dee8aed70f66baf9a0d7391317a65.jpeg) ![PXL_20260701_143126683.MP](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/c/cf5dde7ae1e2984359faf54ad0dac095a1c90159.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![flanzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@flanzer](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/flanzer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/screen-sharing-issue-toggle-not-toggling-rocky-9-7/20640/2 "2026-07-01T15:27:23Z")
Small update: $ systemctl --user status gnome-remote-desktop ○ gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; static) Active: inactive (dead) As soon as I enable it, I get this ‘error’ and I loosely call it an error: $ systemctl --user enable --now gnome-remote-desktop.service The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=, Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template units). This means they are not meant to be enabled or disabled using systemctl. Possible reasons for having this kind of units are: • A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit’s .wants/ or .requires/ directory. • A unit’s purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has a requirement dependency on it. • A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer, D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, …). • In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some instance name specified. I don’t have to ‘start’ it, once enabling is done, it starts itself: * * * $ systemctl --user status gnome-remote-desktop ● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; static) Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-07-01 16:23:37 IST; 3s ago Main PID: 3273 (gnome-remote-de) Tasks: 5 (limit: 45686) Memory: 2.5M (peak: 3.5M) CPU: 31ms CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remo\> └─3273 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon Jul 01 16:23:37 MyRemotePC systemd[1129]: Starting GNOME Remote Desktop… Jul 01 16:23:37 MyRemotePC systemd[1129]: Started GNOME Remote Desktop. Jul 01 16:23:37 MyRemotePC gnome-remote-de[3273]: Initialized VNC server * * * I can the VNC the device, but when I reboot it, it fails to start ☹ ---
**Author:** ![flanzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@flanzer](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/flanzer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/screen-sharing-issue-toggle-not-toggling-rocky-9-7/20640/3 "2026-07-02T13:47:23Z")
This can be closed, I got to the bottom of it · The GNOME Remote Desktop service was being started before the graphical session was fully established. · The service worked correctly when started after GNOME had completed login and reached the graphical session target. So, I created a custom user systemd service that starts GNOME Remote Desktop after graphical-session.target becomes active ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/screen-sharing-issue-toggle-not-toggling-rocky-9-7/20640/4 "2026-08-31T13:47:48Z")
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