Difference between revisions of "Remote display connections"
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This is possible via a combination of tigerVNC and xrdp. First, make sure the ''server'' USE flag is configured for tigerVNC. | This is possible via a combination of tigerVNC and xrdp. First, make sure the ''server'' USE flag is configured for tigerVNC. | ||
'''$''' sudo emerge -av xrdp | '''$''' sudo emerge -av xrdp | ||
| + | After the emerge, configure the tigerVNC server. You'll need to specify the user whose X environment should be virtualized, and the environment specifics. | ||
| + | '''$''' sudo nano /etc/conf.d/tigervnc | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | DISPLAYS="username:1" | ||
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| + | # Specify any of vncserver(1) and Xvnc(1) options. See the respective man pages for more information. | ||
| + | VNC_OPTS="-depth 24 -geometry 1280x800" | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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Revision as of 15:05, 24 November 2016
Configuring your system - Remote display connections
Remote Desktop
Windows users will be familiar with remote desktop, which uses the RDP protocol. There are a number of linux clients that provide connectivity using RDP. Before you continue, you may want to ensure the rdesktop USE flag is set in your make.conf, or per-package as below.
The rdesktop package provides command-line functionality for RDP connections. There is a gtk based frontend for the redesktop package called grdesktop, which is what we will focus on here.
$ sudo emerge -av grdesktop
Once the emerge has completed, you can start the gui and create an RDP connection using the Network -> Remotedesktop Client item in your menu.
Inbound Remote Desktop Connections
This is possible via a combination of tigerVNC and xrdp. First, make sure the server USE flag is configured for tigerVNC.
$ sudo emerge -av xrdp
After the emerge, configure the tigerVNC server. You'll need to specify the user whose X environment should be virtualized, and the environment specifics.
$ sudo nano /etc/conf.d/tigervnc
DISPLAYS="username:1" # Specify any of vncserver(1) and Xvnc(1) options. See the respective man pages for more information. VNC_OPTS="-depth 24 -geometry 1280x800"