remotely controlling your computer

Thu Dec 15 16:47:09 MST 2011

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I open the server:
>
> bmike1 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <
>>>>>>> plug-discuss-request at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:49:13 -0700
>>>>>>>> From: Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <
>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: remotely controlling your computer
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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 at 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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