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Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office [message #78807 is a reply to message #78659]

Sat, 17 December 2011 09:48

penteado
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On Dec 17, 6:01 am, DavePoreh <d.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 13, 10:32 am, DavePoreh <d.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 13, 2:35 am, Nigel Wade <nmw-n...@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
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>>> On 12/12/11 09:48, DavePoreh wrote:
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>>>> On Dec 11, 10:06 pm, Matt Francis<mattjamesfran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > If you don't need an X display then PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) is a free and relatively
>>>> > easy to use option for Windows. From memory Ubuntu I think
>>>> > installations by default don't have an ssh server installed. This is a
>>>> > help page for a slightly older Ubuntu install than the most up to
>>>> > date, but it should all still be correcthttps://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/openssh-s erver.html
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>>>> > There may be some trickiness getting into your office machine though,
>>>> > depending on what security is in place at your workplace.
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>>>> thanks Matt. Putty is working just fine.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Dave
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>>> If you want to see graphical output, e.g. from IDL, then you will need
>>> an X server. We use NX here (which would be free for you to install on
>>> your home system), and vastly preferable to non-optimized X servers such
>>> as eXceed due to the inbuilt compression of the X protocol which NX
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>>> However, I would not recommend using the full desktop over a home
>>> network connection. I don't know Ubuntu so don't know what alternative
>>> desktops it provides. We use openSUSE, and most users prefer the
>>> reasonably lightweight XFCE desktop for remote sessions.
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>> Thanks. i tried NX but when i put my IP (destination) it shows me
>> connection error. lets see what is wrong.
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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> when i am trying to connect with NX it gives me some error. do you
> think that i need to set st in my office ubuntu or not?
> Cheers,
> Dave

The nx server has to be running on the computer you want to access.

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		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: d.poreh on Sat, 17 December 2011 00:01
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: d.poreh on Tue, 13 December 2011 10:32
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: Nigel Wade on Tue, 13 December 2011 02:35
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: d.poreh on Mon, 12 December 2011 01:48
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: Matt Francis on Sun, 11 December 2011 13:06
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: d.poreh on Sat, 10 December 2011 09:34
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: Russell[1] on Sat, 10 December 2011 07:18
		Re: How 2 access to ubuntu in my office By: penteado on Sat, 17 December 2011 09:48

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