<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;"> On Thursday 04 June 2009 20:20:50 Kipton Moravec wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 19:00 -0600, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > > On Thu, 07 May 2009 19:46:35 -0500 > > > > Kipton Moravec <kip@kdream.com> wrote: > > > I just discovered Remote Desktop. > > > > > > I can be on a Ubuntu computer and see another Ubuntu computer > > > I can be on a Xubuntu computer and see a Ubuntu computer > > > > > > I can't find how to turn it on on a Xubuntu so a Ubuntu or another > > > Xubuntu computer can remotely see the screen on a Xubuntu computer. > > > > > > In Ubuntu under the menu System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop sets > > > the permission to allow others to connect. > > > > > > I can't find something similar in Xubuntu. I do not know what to load > > > to get it. Synaptic search for "Remote Desktop" does not find anything > > > recognizable. > > > > > > Kip > > > > Ubuntu uses "vino" as the application for System -> Preferences -> > > Remote Desktop. By installing "vino" you should be able to access > > Xubuntu the same way you access Ubuntu. You can use either synaptic > > package manager or "sudo apt-get install vino" to install (or the > > installer of your own choosing). > > I installed vino on my Xubuntu machine, but I can not connect. > > In Ubuntu I have a System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop window where > it lets me "Allow others to view your desktop" > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/share-your-ubuntu-desktop-using-remote-desktop.ht >ml#more-15 > > I can not find anything similar in Xubuntu I looked under Settings and I > looked under System. and all the other menus. > > I am starting to wounder if it works under Xubuntu because it works > under Gnome and Xubuntu is not Gnome based. > > I try to connect and I get "Connection to APRS:5900 was closed" (APRS is > the name of the computer I am trying to connect to, and 5900 was the > default port the viewer used.) I also tried the IP address and got the > same thing "Connection to host "192.168.1.3:5900" was closed." > > Any ideas how I can make it work? It does work the other way. I can look > at the Ubuntu screen from the Xubuntu machine, but not the Xubuntu > screen on the Ubuntu computer. > > I can not seem to find a vino.conf file, and the vino-preferences file > is not a text file. And there is no man page. > > Any ideas? > > Kip > > > > > > -- > > > Kipton Moravec AE5IB .- . ..... .. -... > ============================================== > Four Way Test > Is it the Truth? > Is it Fair to all concerned? > Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? > Will it be Beneficial to all concerned? > - Herbert J Taylor (1932) Two letters: NX www.nomachine.com I use it, I love it. It's free and it comes in .deb packages. Uses the ssh port. -- Mike McGinn No electrons were harmed in sending this message. My deeds are my dearest companions. I am the beneficiary of my deeds. My deeds are the ground on which I stand. "more kidneys than eyes!" "Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit." Registered Linux User 377849 </body></html>