[kwlug-disc] Remoting into GNOME desktop

Tue Aug 29 09:20:27 EDT 2017

You shouldn't encourage someone named Cranky...

Cranky, who fondly remembers installing Word Perfect 5.1 with 36 floppies...

On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 at 09:18 Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

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> Hi Charles! Thanx, but it wasn't really a tech support question, more
> a reminiscence of how easy it used to be, meant as encouraging words
> for Cranky...
>
> - --Bob, who probably has Novell branded CDs around here somewhere
>
>
> On 2017-08-29 09:00 AM, Charles McColm wrote:
> > If you really want to know Bob I have my boxed SuSE Pro 9.2 still
> > sitting at work ;-) You're welcome to borrow it for awhile. I loved
> > 9.2, but remember 9.3 really felt bloated.
> >
> >
> > To: KWLUG discussion Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Remoting into GNOME
> > desktop
> >
> > I wonder what SUSE was using cira v9.3 -- I remember setting up X
> > sessions to be accessed by VNC. Fairly simple, as I recall, just
> > adding a couple of lines similar to 'x1: vnc=1024x768' to the X
> > display config file...
> >
> > --Bob.
> >
> >
> > On 2017-08-28 04:24 PM, Jeff Smith wrote:
> >
> >> Some new news on this issue:
> >
> >> https://ctrl.blog/entry/wayland-gnome-remote-desktop
> >> [
> https://ctrl.blog/wp-content/uploads/wayland-gnome-remote-desktop-sharing-1072x603.png
> ]<https://ctrl.blog/entry/wayland-gnome-remote-desktop>
> >
> >>  Remote desktop capabilities set to make a comeback in GNOME on
> >> Wayland<https://ctrl.blog/entry/wayland-gnome-remote-desktop>
> >> ctrl.blog Work on new Mutter APIs and Remote Desktop service
> >> enable screen recording and remote desktop in GNOME under
> >> Wayland.
> >
> >
> >
> >> It seems that a) I'm not losing my mind and GNOME/Wayland does
> >> not in fact currently have VNC baked in, and b) they are working
> >> on fixing that (the Wayland VNC thing, not my mental health).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> ________________________________ From: kwlug-disc
> >> <kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org> on behalf of Khalid Baheyeldin
> >> <kb at 2bits.com> Sent: 18 August 2017 12:19 To: KWLUG discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Remoting into GNOME desktop
> >
> >> There was a recent thread here in response to a similar question
> >> that I asked.
> >
> >> I tried VNC, but it is very slow.
> >
> >> NoMachine worked fine. There are .deb packages that you install
> >> using gdebi and they work seamlessly. Little network overhead
> >> and very responsive.
> >
> >> On 8/18/17, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> With the upcoming changes to Ubuntu (GNOME and Wayland), and
> >>> with the current similar state of Fedora and other distros, has
> >>> anyone given any though as to how to remote into a system such
> >>> as these and remotely controlled the desktop (similar to RDP,
> >>> VNC, etc.)
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to plan out how I can contact my machines once I
> >>> upgrade the Ubuntu boxes, as well as the ones currently
> >>> running Fedora 26.
> >>>
> >>> It seems that my current solution of VNC or X11VNC over SSH
> >>> isn't going to work once they move from X to Wayland.  Sure, I
> >>> could drop back to X, but I wanted to see how we can do this
> >>> like it says in the brochure...
> >>>
> >>> From what I've seen so far, we're going to really rock the
> >>> remote connectivity boat when we switch to Wayland, and the
> >>> next version of Ubuntu is supposed to do just that.  As of
> >>> right now, I am unable to bring up my personal laptop's Fedora
> >>> 26 desktop remotely because I haven't been able to find a
> >>> Wayland solution.
> >>>
> >>> Connecting to Ubuntu Unity desktops is easy with SSH and VNC
> >>> (using TigerVNC in most cases).  But from what I understand,
> >>> VNCserver (and its variants) does not support Wayland, only X.
> >>>
> >>> So what we need is:
> >>>
> >>> SSH tunnel (or a similarly secure GUI connection) a
> >>> Wayland/GNOME ready GUI presentation. An "always-on" connection
> >>> that doesn't depend on someone being logged on at the server
> >>> end (for example, if I reboot the server remotely I still want
> >>> to come back and see a GUI logon.  AFAIK you can't do this with
> >>> Vino.)
> >>>
> >>> And of course, ways to achieve this using a client that's
> >>> either Linux or Windows (for those of us forced to use Windows
> >>> at work....)
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
> >>>
> >
> >
> >> -- Khalid M. Baheyeldin 2bits.com, Inc. http://2bits.com Drupal
> >> optimization, development, customization and consulting.
> >> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. --  Edsger W.Dijkstra
> >> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da
> >> Vinci
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