I open the server:

bmike1@Michaels-PC:/$ vncserver
Found /usr/share/tightvnc-java for http connections.
New 'X' desktop is Michaels-PC:1
Starting applications specified in /home/bmike1/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/bmike1/.vnc/Michaels-PC:1.log
bmike1@Michaels-PC:/$

and I'm pretty sure that "New 'X' desktop is Michaels-PC:1" is telling me that the new virtual desktop  is called Michaels-PC and that the display assigned to it is 1.
 That got the little gears in my head working! let's try:
     xtightvncviewer Michaels-PC:1
nope.... not that. Lets try the IP address followed by Michaels-PC.... after much fighting with it I found that the correct command is xtightvncviewer <IP>:1. .....
sort of.
problems:
(both computers
-I can see the desktop from the other computer but none of the currently open windows. The icons are visible though.
-I just attempted to run an executable but it wouldn't run.
-The vncviewer window is too small (ie I can't see the entire desktop). I messed
 with the geometry option on vncserver but that doesn't do anything. Only skews
 the image a little.
-None of the open windows on the other computer are visible
(looking at the vncviewer on Ubuntu with the Mints computer desktop being virtual)
-I just opened a text document on the other computer and before it opened all of
 the icons disappeared. I figured they would reappear after I closed the program but
 they didn't.
-I closed and reopened vncviewer to get the icons back for further testing but the
 icons did not reappear.
(looking at the vncviewer on the Mint computer with Ubuntus desktop being virtual)
-no other problems than what is universal.


On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
okay.... it is installed. Any pointers on how to use it? I'm going to bed now! God night.


On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
well, I was given a webpage and so I went there. there was a bebian download page and I went there. There was a deb file for download so I did that. I didn't think of trying apt. I just tried it and it is not in my repositories. Hey look.... it is on sourceforge! OOPS! That's just the source code. More google....

I found a page that said I had to enable the universe repositories but I discovered they were already enabled (I found that page had to do with Warty). Back to google.....

It is magical.... it lead me to http://linuxappfinder.com/package/tightvncserver which did it. At least it did it for the laptop. The ubuntu machine is taking forever with it's 'Ubuntu Software Center'!


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
Why do you always do things the hard way.  No need to compile from source.  In Linux one of the forms will be in your repository.  For Windows, download the installer.

But yes, the source will be quite small to download if you really want it.  I would have no idea where to find the makefile and such as I have never had any reason to be concerned about the source.


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion to use tightvnc. I've heard of them. I downloaded the source and I need to ask...... where is the makefile and all the stuff needed to compile it? You know... I'm uneasy about the download. It only ran for  a second or so. Does that sound right?


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
VNC is pretty handy for such things though you may need to set up VPN and SSH to do it securely from the internet (read the tutorials).  It also has the benefit of being cross platform and the [dis-]advantage (depending on who you ask) of being primarily GUI based.  There are several flavors of VNC:
  http://www.realvnc.com/
  http://www.tightvnc.com/
  http://www.uvnc.com/

At SLUG, we mostly use TightVNC but we are also using it within a LAN most of the time.  BTW, it is really handy for doing classes and meetings where people can look at there own screens to see what the instructor/lecturer is doing.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Benjamin Francom <bfrancom@gmail.com> wrote:

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one more thing..... I want to be able to auto accept the request to access
the computer.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> What are your favorite methods of remotely accessing your computer? I
> found krfb and krdc but I only don't want to have to start two programs
> every time I want to do this.

If console access, SSH.
For GUI:
It used to be FreeNX, but the project seems to have not been updated in a long time.  So far, it looks like the replacment is neatx which is similar...using same protocols/compression (I believe).
The NX protocol is nice/fast, and secure (uses SSH)...
https://code.google.com/p/neatx/

Kind of related to the topic is a 'remote session manager' ...Currently use PAC (Perl Auto Connector) Manager.  It lets you save your preferences/settings for various sessions (ssh,rdp,etc).
It's like vRD on Windows.

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