Comments on: Allow Remote Control To Your Desktop On Ubuntu

By: cmarc

cmarc — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:47:06 +0000

It works very well. I get connections between windows and ubuntu 9.04.
Only one thing: reconnection is mostly unsuccessful after closed first connection…
Do I have to do some vncserver -kill on the ubuntu side after deconnecting?

By: Dan Dar3

Dan Dar3 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:10:26 +0000

Thanks a lot for writing this post, very handy!

By: Vivek Chuahan

Vivek Chuahan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:05:36 +0000

What is the main diffrence in KDE & GNOME desktop environment??

By: balboa41

balboa41 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:35:57 +0000

I just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04 and I did as explained. Then I connect from Windows using UltraVNC Client and this is working great!!! It is refreshing fast and flawless.

By: linuxbee

linuxbee — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:05:17 +0000

I have question related to the topic discussed here.
When I try to ssh to my ubuntu desktop, the request is “always” denied by the computer.
Previously I used fedora core OS, I did’nt have this problem at all.
I am wondering if you have any comments on this?

By: JB

JB — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:33:17 +0000

Rob, you should edit gdm.conf in /etc/. Uncomment the RemoteGreeter line and in the
xdmcp section set Enable to true.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:35:31 +0000

I am trying to remote desktop between two ubuntu machines, when i connect i just get a black screen, no login prompt or anything.

By: David W

David W — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:29:22 +0000

I have a clean recent install of Hardy Heron Server on one box on which I then installed the gnome desktop from the server command line, enabled remote desktop using this very tutorial, and am able to use it from both a windows xp box or other ubuntu box through VNC very quickly, Its possible that there is a firewall problem o such thing for those with sluggish VNC conexiones. I did have a few problems with Hardy Heron desktop install with enabling servicios, so I prefer to install server then add the desktop with sudo apt-get install desktop after the server is loaded and booting..

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:07:58 +0000

How secure is this method?

By: Alvin Brinson

Alvin Brinson — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:34:14 +0000

I gotta agree with the one person who asked why it was so slow… it is INCREDIBLY slow – unbelievably so. I’m on LAN and it should not be this slow. VNC to a win2k box is snappy and quick – but to uBuntu it feels like I’m on a 2400bps modem!

I’ve tried all the options in TightVNC Client, and nothing helps. I can’t believe they consider this production quality software.