On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:09:09 PM Ed Nisley did opine: > On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 11:04 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > And that man page is as obtuse as any I've seen. > > Rather than hammering that out by hand, use the remote desktop built > right into Ubuntu? > > On the Ubuntu machine attached to the mill, clicky: > > System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop > > Then select: > > Allow other users to view your desktop > Allow other users to control your desktop > > Set up the Security section to suit your paranoia. > > On the Ubuntu machine attached to your Comfy Chair, clicky: > No ubuntu machine anywhere near the 'Comfy Chair' Ed. PClos on this quad core phenom. Running a newer kernel than the LTS, using the bfs scheduler. Its noticably a snappier desktop than the same kernel using the cfs scheduler.
> Applications -> Internet -> Remote Desktop Viewer > > It'll show you a list of what's available on your network, which should > include the milling machine. Clicky to select, feed in a password if you > set it up that way, blow that window up to full screen, and you're > there... > > Works for me, anyhow. I do pretty nearly all the setup & fiddling from > the Comfy Chair for both the Sherline & Thing-O-Matic, then drop down to > the Basement Lab to actually start building things. > > Not quite so manly as mud-wrestling with X, but ... Chuckle. I did go check, linuxcnc runs just fine from its own keyboard, but not from an ssh login. This all works tikitti-boo on the mills box. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> "I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
