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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Remote desktop and WOL Advice (Mike Yates)
2. Re: Remote desktop and WOL Advice (Peter Hemmings)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:43:06 +0100
From: Mike Yates <bblug@fonehelp.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Remote desktop and WOL Advice
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> From: Peter Hemmings
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Remote desktop and WOL Advice
>
> Thanks for the info (Steve and Dave) I will have a look later this week,
> I am having to visit the BRI and hope to have a go when things get less
> hectic.
>
>
> On 21/05/14 14:36, Steve King wrote:
>> You can start with:
>> If you have openssh server configured with X11Forwarding yes , you will be
>> able to open X applications from your server on your laptop.
>> ssh -X desktop, where 'desktop' is the hostname or ip address of your
>> desktop machine. Once you are logged in, simply typing the name of the
>> executable will use your local screen to render its graphics. X (and W
>> before it) was designed from the start to be network transparent.
>>

I'd just like to confirm that "ssh -X" is by far the best and most
secure (though I know you're within the house WiFi) way of working
remotely.
You can even do it in Windows with cygwinX.
If you need to see (and use) the whole desktop of the remote Linux
box, then, through your ssh -X session, install x11vnc and gvncviewer
on the remote box, then start "x11vnc :0 &" and use "gvncviewer
localhost:0" to produce a window on the local box showing the whole
desktop of the remote box!
You can create another, virtual, desktop too, if you want, by "x11vnc
--create &"

Have fun
Mike



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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 17:18:06 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: bblug@fonehelp.co.uk, Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
<bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Remote desktop and WOL Advice
Message-ID: <537E233E.4080008@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
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Mike,

On 22/05/14 16:43, Mike Yates wrote:
>> From: Peter Hemmings
>> Subject: Re: [bristol] Remote desktop and WOL Advice
>>
>> Thanks for the info (Steve and Dave) I will have a look later this week,
>> I am having to visit the BRI and hope to have a go when things get less
>> hectic.
>>
>>
>> On 21/05/14 14:36, Steve King wrote:
>>> You can start with:
>>> If you have openssh server configured with X11Forwarding yes , you will be
>>> able to open X applications from your server on your laptop.
>>> ssh -X desktop, where 'desktop' is the hostname or ip address of your
>>> desktop machine. Once you are logged in, simply typing the name of the
>>> executable will use your local screen to render its graphics. X (and W
>>> before it) was designed from the start to be network transparent.
>>>
>
> I'd just like to confirm that "ssh -X" is by far the best and most
> secure (though I know you're within the house WiFi) way of working
> remotely.
> You can even do it in Windows with cygwinX.
> If you need to see (and use) the whole desktop of the remote Linux
> box, then, through your ssh -X session, install x11vnc and gvncviewer
> on the remote box, then start "x11vnc :0 &" and use "gvncviewer
> localhost:0" to produce a window on the local box showing the whole
> desktop of the remote box!
> You can create another, virtual, desktop too, if you want, by "x11vnc
> --create &"

Thanks for that useful info.

I did go through this a few years ago, but, as I did not quite get my
head around it (and it was not important), I did not pursue it. As I
am a bit immobilised ATM its now a bit more important otherwise I climb
the stairs on my backside and you don't want to be doing that too often
in a day!

Alex did give me similar advice a few tears ago, he must be away or fed
up with repeating himself!
>
> Have fun

> Mike
>
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Regards
--
Peter H



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