Re: Remote login

[David Harel <hareldvd gmail com>]

Duncan Garland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No replies in two weeks. Was it a stupid question? Is this the wrong list?
>   
Not a stupid question at all.
> Am I completely on the wrong track trying to use a vnc viewer to remotely
> view a gnome session?
>   
I would not use VNC here even though it is possible. Typically I would 
use text only interface using ssh (putty.exe will do).
In addition you can install cygwin: http://x.cygwin.com/ and run X11 
apps but I never tried it using ssh session.
> I'll dig some more, but I think I must be googling the wrong keywords
> because I didn't get anywhere last time.
>
> All the best.
>
> Duncan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnome-list-bounces gnome org
> [mailto:gnome-list-bounces gnome org]On Behalf Of Duncan Garland
> Sent: 30 January 2010 16:45
> To: gnome-list gnome org
> Subject: Remote login
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying login to a Debian Lenny box from a Window XP box. I've got dumb
> terminal acess working properly, but I'd like to be able to access my
> desktop as well.
>
> I've installed vnc4server on the Debian, and tightvncviewer on the Windows
> box. If I run vnc4server -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 24 on the Debian, login
> in via tightvncviewer and type gnome-session, it works after a fashion.
>
> The Desktop comes up, and I can access items such as the wastebasket.
> However, I can't access the top menu with Applications, Places and System on
> it. It's frozen.
>
> I'm sure this must be easy to correct, but I don't normally get involved in
> this sort of thing and I don't really understand the terminology. There are
> quite a few error messages on startup:
>
> duncan debian1:~$ gnome-session
> SESSION_MANAGER=local/debian1:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4085
> ** Message: another SSH agent is running at: /tmp/ssh-fwxDXn3909/agent.3909
>
> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:4092): WARNING **: numlock: XkbQueryExtension
> returned an error
>
> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:4092): WARNING **: Neither XKeyboard not Xfree86's
> keyboard extensions are available,
> no way to support keyboard autorepeat rate settings
>
> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:4092): WARNING **: Unable to start a11y_keyboard
> manager: XKB functionality is disabled.
>
> ** (gnome-settings-daemon:4092): WARNING **: Failed to open file
> '/etc/gnome/config/General.ad': No such file or directory
> Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
> /home/duncan/.metacity/sessions/default0.ms:
> Failed to open file '/home/duncan/.metacity/sessions/default0.ms': No such
> file or directory
> Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.
> Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":1.0" already has a window
> manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
> manager.
> Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
> /home/duncan/.metacity/sessions/default0.ms:
> Failed to open file '/home/duncan/.metacity/sessions/default0.ms': No such
> file or directory
> Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.
> Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":1.0" already has a window
> manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
> manager.
> Initializing gnome-mount extension
> seahorse nautilus module initialized
>
> Does anybody know how to fix this?
>
> The other issue is that this method requires me to have already logged in as
> myself using the dumb terminal. It would be useful to be able to access the
> default login desktop screen which appear if I plug in a screen directly.
> How do I do that?
>
> Is there an idiot's guide to this sort of thing?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Duncan
>
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David Harel,

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