On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 11:39 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote:
> >   
> 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).

First, I haven't worked Intrepid, I'm using Hardy.

I do something similar to what you do. For that purpose, I prefer SSH
instead of VNC; I log into the remote system with:

ssh -X usern...@remotesystem 

which allows me to tunnel individual GUI apps if/when needed. I find it
faster - and easier to set up - than VNC. 

And there's a third option - XDMCP logins - I have a local VMware Server
system with a GDM login screen. The remote (office) system also has a
GDM login screen, with XDMCP enabled. 

But that assumes you can access remote logins from the Intrepid login
screen. (Put the cursor in the username text box, and press F10. I hope
you see a Remote Login via XDMCP option.)

Thanks,
Mike

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