[ubuntu-uk] Using Vinagre to connect to a Linux machine on the same local network

[Colin Law]

On 4 August 2010 11:03, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gordon at gbpcomputing.co.uk> wrote:
> On 04/08/10 10:47, ByteSoup wrote:
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> On 04/08/10 10:35, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
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> On 04/08/10 10:28, ByteSoup wrote:
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> On 04/08/10 10:25, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
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> I have two Linux machines - a Tosh Satellite using 10.04 Desktop and a Tosh
> Netbook using 10.04 Remix, both connected wirelessly to the router. The
> Satellite can see the netbook in Places-Network.
> I'm trying to use Vinagre to remote desktop to my Netbook from the Satellite
>
> In the Connect dialog, if I click on Find it doesn't find anything, if I
> enter the computer name (gordon-netbook) it just tells me "connection
> closed"
> Is there something I have to enable on the Netbook, or what? (The "Help"
> is particularly UN helpful....)
>
>
>
>
> Hi Gordon,
>
> On the target machine select "system --> preferences --> remote desktop" to
> allow users to connect
>
> - Mark
>
> That option isn't there.
> Neither is it on the Satellite either.
>
> Hi, that dialog is run by the command "vino-preferences" go to the software
> centre and search for "vino" it should find "Remote Desktop" is it
> installed?
>
> Mark
>
> That solved the missing menu item - I still get the "connection closed"
> while trying to access the Netbook, even after setting the Remote Desktop
> preferences.

Does it now find the server in the connection dialog on the client?
If so then the server is running.

Colin