[PLUG] Remote Desktop under Ubuntu

[Tim Wescott]

MJang wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 12:08 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote:
>   
>> Clues, clues, clues for the clueless?
>>
>> I'm running Intrepid.
>>
>> I'm struggling with the Ubuntu help on remote desktops.  Seemingly I'm 
>> being told how to share my Ubuntu desktop for Windows users, and how to 
>> remote into a Windows desktop -- but I want to remote from one Ubuntu 
>> machine to another. 
>>
>> As best as I can tell I should use Ubuntu's Vinagre "Remote Desktop 
>> Viewer"
>>     
>
> I associate Vinagre with vino. Once vino is installed on the target
> desktop, run 
>
> vino-preferences 
>
> in a GUI-based command line. The options should be intuitive. Once
> enabled, you should then be able to use Vinagre from a remote system,
> assuming you don't have a firewall configured between the systems (the
> default TCP/IP port is 5900).
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>   
That's what Ubuntu has me set up with.  I've further found out that 
everything is fine when I connect to just _look_ at the desktop, but I 
want to sit in my living room with my laptop and do work on this machine 
(my office is in a detached building).

It's all on a local network!  It should be the easiest thing in the 
world!  Aaargh!

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