[Halvliter]

I'm looking for a way to remote control my Ubuntu-computer with a Windows-laptop, with XBMC running fullscreen on my LCD-TV.

I've used a VNC Viewer for Windows until now. My main reason for doing this is renaming and moving files, unpacking form RAR-files, etc... and do background work with my media-material while XBMC is running.

Edit: Managed to work things out with No Machine, check last post.

[ronie]

How about ssh ?
You can use Putty to log into your ubuntu pc and do everything you need.
It's command line only, but if that is a problem for you then can try X11 forwarding with Putty.

[dandirk]

hmmm just installed Intrepid a few minutes ago. This is the first linux hands-on I have ever really attempted and this is after years of Windows desktop administration for my job. ohhh my I'm a sheltered windows user

Is there a reason you can't use VNC with XBMC running? This was the way I ran headless with windows and I just got the VNC server running in Intrepid with the same expectation...

[Halvliter]

When I log on with Real VNC Viewer with XBMC running, I have to shut down XBMC to be able to browse the folders etc... It's very possible I'm doing something wrong, I've only used Ubuntu for a few weeks. I use 8.04 Hardy Heron.

What is X11 and how do I forward it with Putty ?

[ronie]

What is X11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

and how do I forward it with Putty ?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=...ding+putty


Also have a look at webmin. It provides a web based interface for administrating a linux pc.

[mythmaster]

You might like NX since it opens another X session --> http://www.nomachine.com/

[Aenima99x]

When I log on with Real VNC Viewer with XBMC running, I have to shut down XBMC to be able to browse the folders etc... It's very possible I'm doing something wrong, I've only used Ubuntu for a few weeks. I use 8.04 Hardy Heron.

Why not just toggle XBMC out of fullscreen with the "\" key?

[Halvliter]

Why not just toggle XBMC out of fullscreen with the "\" key?

Because I want to work in the background while XBMC is still running on my LCD TV, plays music or movies or whatever.

I'm getting my new laptop tomorrow, I will check these options out when I have my new system installed! Thanks!


Btw, is it an easy way of mounting whole harddrives in Windows (Like a network harddrive) that is on a Ubuntu computer ?

[mythmaster]

Yeah, you make a Samba share on the Ubuntu box, then you can map it in Windows.

[Halvliter]

It took some time, but finally I have my new computer.

I have installed NX Server (along with client and Node) on my Ubuntu machine, but I can't connect on my Windows maching.

This is the error in /var/log/messages:

Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 ERROR: NXNODE Ver. 3.3.0-17 (Error id e579F87)
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 ERROR: create session: run commands
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 ERROR: execution of last command failed
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 last command: /bin/bash --login -c 'xauth -v source /home/mediacenter/.nx/C-mediacenter-desktop-1011-5A369770DB040117A7AC68FFAE3D5FD2/scripts/authority'
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 exit value: 1
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 stdout:
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 stderr: xauth: error in locking authority file /home/mediacenter/.Xauthority
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NX> 596 init: stdin arguments: user=mediacenter,userip=192%2e168%2e1%2e37,uniqueid=5A369770DB040117A7AC68FFAE3D5FD2,display=1011,node_number=0,server_name=mediacenter%2ddesktop,license=%28None%29,subscriptionid=None,productid=LFE,reconnect=1,balance_host=192%2e168%2e1%2e44,encryption_mode=3,connection=local,images=64M,cache=16M,client=winnt,media=0,backingstore=1,encryption=1,strict=0,clipboard=both,shpix=1,rootless=0,composite=1,session=Intern,shmem=1,type=unix%2dgnome,virtualdesktop=1,screeninfo=1680x990x32%2brender,keyboard=pc102%2fno,geometry=1680x990,link=lan
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NXNodeExec::exec('startsession', 'user=mediacenter&userip=192%2e168%2e1%2e37&uniqueid=5A369770DB04...', 'localhost', 22) called at handlers/nxserver.pl line 3533
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NXShell::handler_session_start('--link="lan" --backingstore="1" --encryption="1" --cache="16M" -...') called at NXShell.pm line 373
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NXShell::handle_command('startsession', '--link="lan" --backingstore="1" --encryption="1" --cache="16M" -...') called at NXShell.pm line 145
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) NXShell::run() called at nxserver.pl line 4470
Apr 18 19:40:38 mediacenter-desktop NXSERVER-3.3.0-22[8765]: ERROR: (exception id 35776705) eval {...} called at nxserver.pl line 4429

[Pvt_Ryan]

you could start up a 2nd X server and place it on display :1 then connect to that instance with vnc.

Or depending on the work, just use ssh.

some info here i think:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779692

[vikjon0]

I agree that multiple sessions are needed for the exact same reasons that you mentioned. I am not sure why most people do not see the need.

I do not know NX or how to fix you problem.

What I do know is:
1) XDMCP is ready for use in standard ubuntu. Just enable remote access and you connect to a background x session.
It can be accessed from windows with e.g. Xming. I have also used another ubtuntu in wmware on my win laptop. That latter works very good if you have a powerful laptop. Just select options in the login screen and then connect to the media center.

I would recommend Xfce or another light weight window manager for remote use instead of gnome. It takes less power from the console and it seem to work better.

2) It is possible to start a vnc server with multiple session. The problem is that the default ubuntu vncserver does not support it. You need to install another one.
I spent a lot of time on this when I started with linux (2 weeks ago...) I do not use it, but I still have my notes.


Let me know if you want any help with any of these alternatives and I will post my notes somewhere.

//J

[Halvliter]

Thanks for the info vikjon0! I might try that on another time, I managed to F*** up my system, so I have to re-install everything

Before I did so, I managed to work things out with help from this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t...=nomachine

I don't know what I did different, but it worked.