remote desktop problem

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 18 20:45:51 UTC 2009


On 09/18/2009 01:14 PM, Patton Echols wrote:
> On 09/18/2009 12:44 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
...
>> Get the fusion-icon, at least for Hardy.  Right click and choose your
>> manager from the list.
>>
>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>   
> I will check that out. 
> 
> Is there a command line way to do it?  If I don't know that I will need 
> to access my desk computer I might not click the icon.  What I'd like to 
> be able to do is set up the ssh tunnel with port forwarding, from that 
> command line, turn off compiz remotely, then start the VNC viewer.  Is 
> that possible?

I wonder if something like this would work:
<http://www.ubuntu-inside.me/2009/05/howto-automatically-disable-compiz-when.html>

On the other hand, if you are wanting to access your home system from
work etc., I _highly_ recommend using NX or FreeNX instead.






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