Remote desktop from Windows to Mint 7 "Gloria"

[Chrisoldinho]

Hello all,

Apologies for the novice question here however I am trying to connect from a Windows PC to Linux Mint 7.

In a traditional Windows RDC setup I would enable port 3389 on my router and forward it to the IP address of my PC. I could then connect via the Internet to my home PC from anywhere.

With Mint, I have found the Remote Desktop settings, and have enabled it. I am unsure what port it tries to connect on however? I enabled uPnP but then realised my Windows PC would still try and connect via port 3389 so this may not work.

What would you recommend? I have access to VNC on my Windows PC so is it just easier to install this on Mint and then connect via port 5900?

Thanks, Chris.

[DrHu]

What would you recommend? I have access to VNC on my Windows PC so is it just easier to install this on Mint and then connect via port 5900?

I think that might be easiest, since the port is usually 5900 for vnc connections, except for windows --I am not sure whether or not you can setup a connection using a different port from the Remote Desktop

And I would probably use the IP address instead of the name, a more certain connection method..

[Chrisoldinho]

Thanks.

I see there are a few varients of VNC on Mint. Is there a specific one to use or are they all much of a muchness.

Ideally I want to let someone connect via a web HTTP and then be prompted to install a java applet. Meaning I don't have to install VNC Viewer on every Windows PC I attempt to connect to my Linux PC on.

Chris.

[DrHu]

Ideally I want to let someone connect via a web HTTP and then be prompted to install a java applet.Meaning I don't have to install VNC Viewer on every Windows PC I attempt to connect to my Linux PC on.

There are differences, but it is a consumer choice; tightvnc is often a recommendation
--probably an idea is to look up the web pages for the various vnc applications to get an idea and then try the ones that seem to match what you want
I can't tell you how prompt for viewer file will work ?

vnc-java
Most of them vnc applications don't include a display, and you send/install a viewer file,
--this one offers the java viewer vnc-java

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote
display system which allows you to view a computing `desktop' environment
not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the
Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.

This is the vnc java applet files that the vnc-server
can distribute to the client.

It also includes the TightVNC patches from http://www.tightvnc.com/

[jhirsch123]

I have a question... I have setup Remote Desktop, but when I connect it establishes a new X session.... Is there a way to take over the current desktop/display I'm logged into?? When I try to launch Firefox, it tells me to close the other sessions... how can I do that when i can't get to the original desktop?

Any help is appreciated...

Thanks,

[d0hboy]

I have the same request -- I've setup VNC access well enough, such that i can begin a new VNC connection. I'm hoping to be able to have a windows machine VNC in and 'take over' my current local gnome session within linux mint11. The idea is to run some batch job on my computer, and 'take over' the screen from the windows machine, similar to how Remote Desktop Connections (RDP) behave.