MJang wrote: > On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 12:08 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote: > >> Clues, clues, clues for the clueless? >> >> I'm running Intrepid. >> >> I'm struggling with the Ubuntu help on remote desktops. Seemingly I'm >> being told how to share my Ubuntu desktop for Windows users, and how to >> remote into a Windows desktop -- but I want to remote from one Ubuntu >> machine to another. >> >> As best as I can tell I should use Ubuntu's Vinagre "Remote Desktop >> Viewer" >> > > I associate Vinagre with vino. Once vino is installed on the target > desktop, run > > vino-preferences > > in a GUI-based command line. The options should be intuitive. Once > enabled, you should then be able to use Vinagre from a remote system, > assuming you don't have a firewall configured between the systems (the > default TCP/IP port is 5900). > > > Thanks, > Mike > > That's what Ubuntu has me set up with. I've further found out that everything is fine when I connect to just _look_ at the desktop, but I want to sit in my living room with my laptop and do work on this machine (my office is in a detached building).
It's all on a local network! It should be the easiest thing in the world! Aaargh! -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
