if you use gnome, then use the remote desktop client 
or use VNC, just install vnc-server on the laptop
emerge --vncviewer on your base

Am Sonntag, den 01.10.2006, 20:55 +0100 schrieb Mick:
> Hi All,
> 
> I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to 
> help him out with his IT problems.
> 
> I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the 
> password for my kdewallet and then it fails.  The error message tells me 
> something about ensuring that remote desktop is properly installed.  :-(
> 
> Is there somewhere a How-to for me to follow, to be able to connect to a 
> remote default installation WinXP PC, with no physical access to it, from my 
> Gentoo machine?
> 
> Failing a How-to, how do you do it?

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