Comments on: How to Use Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:33:15 +0000

The only time I have seen overlapping frames is when the machine you are connecting to is also connecting back to the the machine you are connecting from, causing a loop. Could that be possible?

By: Garikai Dzoma

Garikai Dzoma — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:31:48 +0000

The vnc method is charming but FreeNX is much better.https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX

By: jomar.angelfish

jomar.angelfish — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:23:54 +0000

I am using ubuntu 8.10 intrepid. i was able to connect to my remote desktop but my problem is that when i viewed it using my vnc viewer in my windows machine, it shows repeated frames (like overlapping images) of the remote desktop screen. What could be the possible solution to correct this one? thanks.

By: ubuntu_user

ubuntu_user — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:26:28 +0000

The drawback of using remote desktop is that you have to log in on the host computer first. Otherwise, you won’t be able to log in.

I prefer either XDMCP log in but the gdm is broken since 8.10 now. So I use the NX Serrver and NX Client from http://www.nomachine.com They are very fast even over a slow network.

Cheers,

By: Heath

Heath — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:05:58 +0000

I think things changed a bit on ubuntu 9. I am trying to remote into my ubuntu box now and i am not able to at least not using ultra vnc. I am betting there is some security setting i need to find and change.

By: whatshisname

whatshisname — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:21:22 +0000

If you’re having problems connecting after following this excellent tutorial, many people have found it’s necessary to reboot the host computer after setting up remote desktop on it. Then double-check your settings after it comes back up.

By: tmkwork

tmkwork — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:45:43 +0000

I enabled Remote Desktop on my ubuntu 9.0.4

I tried using vncview 4.1.3 on a windows pc to my ubuntu 9.0.4

It will not connect. I tried IPAddress then IPaddress:5900 then IPAddres::5900 all I get is ‘No Matching Security type.

By: jw

jw — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:40:48 +0000

I like rdesktop in the terminal window.

I connect from my linux box at home to my work Windows computer.

Install rdesktop.
type the command:

rdesktop -f -u username -p password xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Skip the “-f” if you don’t want full screen.

The xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address of your remote computer. I got that while on my work computer, go to a website that tells you your ip address.

Once it’s in your history, you can open a terminal hit the up arrow and connect with one click, Enter.

By: Rhino

Rhino — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:40:18 +0000

I setup the Remote Desktop on my Ubuntu 8.10, and deployed it to a remote location. Now, I can’t remember what password I set for it. I can gain access via SSH, but need the GUI for some things (Linux n00b) Does anybody know how I can reset that password via SSH connection?

By: WindyDay

WindyDay — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:15:30 +0000

This is great but it’s still VNC. Is there a ‘remote desktop’ option for ubuntu? I don’t mind VNC but the windows Remote Desktop client can’t connect to this ubuntu (mstsc) connection. I wonder if it is due to the port or protocol?

By: Nimrod

Nimrod — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:58:24 +0000

There is a linux version of LogmeIn. Its called hamachi and it works great. Its also on logmein.com.

Best regards
Nimrod

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:51:22 +0000

Karl

Yes i see that could be it - i just grabbed the first file i found - 9.04. Am downloading 8.10 now!

Thanks!

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:24:12 +0000

Charles,
There is on mine (Ubuntu Intrepid), what version are you running? Perhaps look to update vinagre from add/remove applications?

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:52:39 +0000

This looks exactly like what i need but on the “Remote Desktop Preferences” page there is no “advanced” tab - it just shows the general settings and i’ld like to alter the port no.

By: Muthu

Muthu — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:33:42 +0000

This is an excellent article. It helped me to connect to my workplace machine ,which is running on Windows, from my home machine that is running on Ubuntu linux.

By: Thy Raven

Thy Raven — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:43:12 +0000

TeamViewer works create in WINE. May want to try that.

By: mememe

mememe — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:45:10 +0000

I just wish that TeamViewer would be ported to linux, and then, every problem would be solved. Simple.

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:35:40 +0000

Is there any way to make this work after a power-fail? Vinagre is not started until after login I guess and therefore you cannot connect. Setting auto-login seems insecure.

By: Thy Raven

Thy Raven — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:07:08 +0000

Neither port seem to be working and I have both forwarded in my router. what else would be causing the error? All I get is RFB 003.007 on the 5900 port and page cant be displayed on the 5800 port.

By: mortar

mortar — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:52:17 +0000

The web port if supported is 5800 not 5900.