Questions tagged [remote-desktop]
Questions that refer to a software or an OS feature allowing applications, either command line programs or graphical applications, to be run remotely on a server, while being displayed locally.
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Can I access Ubuntu from Windows remotely?
I have Ubuntu installed on my work computer. I am wondering whether I could have access to it from another computer with Windows installed. If so, could you give a step by step guide?
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How can I copy/paste files via RDP in Kubuntu?
I recently installed the latest Kubuntu (x64) on my work machine as I am trying to migrate away from Windows. Unfortunately I use RDP very frequently to connect to customer's servers and need to be ...
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Add Fake Display when No Monitor is Plugged In
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 server that has no external monitor connected. I use NoMachine to remote control the machine. When I do so, the Unity/Gnome interface doesn't see any monitors connected, so I ...
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How do I set up xrdp session that reuses an existing session?
I have been trying to set up a RDP terminal server on precise using xrdp and have been having significant trouble getting a working configuration. When a user logs on, I need it to connect to that ...
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How to change the screen resolution when using RDesktop?
How to change the screen resolution?
I tried with this command:
rdesktop <server_ip>
But the screen does not appear large.
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Is it possible to use remote desktop from Windows 7 to Ubuntu?
I'm brand new to Ubuntu and Linux in general and I installed Ubuntu on a second PC (just to be sure that if I mess something up, I still have my Windows 7 PC).
Is there an easy way for me to use ...
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Blank desktop when logging in via xrdp
I am trying to access Ubuntu 11.10 using Remote Desktop from a Win 7 machine. I installed xrdp. I launch the Windows remote desktop client and login in. I then get prompted for the user name and ...
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Why won't Remmina connect to Windows 7 Remote Desktop?
I'm using Ubuntu and I'm trying to connect to another machine in a different network using remote desktop.
In Windows7 I have made the following in order to activate remote desktop:
I've gone to ...
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Use xrdp to connect to desktop session
I use Ubuntu on my desktop. When I am away from my desktop, I would like to access the session using my Windows 7 laptop. Currently, I am using xrdp to connect, but it starts up a remote session. Is ...
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How to graphically interface with a headless server?
I have a ubuntu development server at work. It is an old rack server that is located somewhere in the company's dungeon, where nobody ever goes. The only way it can work is as a so-called headless ...
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Can an Android phone control Ubuntu like a remote?
I am looking at making a budget media centre. I am new to Linux and have not yet installed it but think I can manage. I want to use Ubuntu and would like to use my Android phones to control or work as ...
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What do I need for remotely accessing my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop?
I am at a loss as to how to set up my machine for remote connection. Do I need to install a VNC server (which one?) or is Vino (installed by default) enough?
I opened Desktop Sharing Preferences ...
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VNC or remote desktop application to view Windows desktop from Ubuntu
I have been looking for a fast, well supported VNC or remote desktop application to view my Windows machine desktop from my Ubuntu laptop. Do you have any suggestions for me?
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Remmina rdp session - no toolbar and keyboard shortcuts don't work
I've just installed Ubuntu 14.10 and I copied over my .remmina folder from my old 14.04 install and all my connections are there however when I connect to remote windows computer through rdp which is ...
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How do I remotely control another Ubuntu desktop from Ubuntu?
How do I remotely control another desktop (both are Ubuntu 12.04) from my client machine?
Is it possible to use Remmina Remote Desktop Client?
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How do I enable Remote Desktop connection on Xubuntu 11.10?
How do I enable Remote Desktop connection on Xubuntu 11.10? I do not find any options such as those present in Ubuntu?
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Remote Desktop connection from Mac to Ubuntu
I'm trying to use my MacBook to Remote Desktop connect to my Ubuntu server. I am able to ssh, but I can't seem to figure out how to Remote Desktop connect.
Any suggestions? Also my Ubuntu workstation ...
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What free Remote Desktop (server) solutions are there?
I know Ubuntu comes with a "Remote Desktop" option that appears to be a straightforward VNC server, and I'm trying to understand the alternatives. Here are the possibilities I've heard about so far:
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Remmina scale resolution when connect from Ubuntu to Windows 10
When I connect from my home Ubuntu to my office PC the resolution is too great and all the fonts and other screen items are so tiny so I cannot see anything.
This is due to my new monitor at home ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 remote desktop headless?
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and was delighted to see that a remote desktop server is built in and supports MS RDP in addition to VNC. It has some quirks related to the password, which I found ...
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How can I enable font smoothing when I connect to a Windows server with Terminal Services Client?
When I fire up remote desktop on Windows and connect to my server (Windows Server 2008), the fonts look pretty smooth. I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 yesterday and when I use rdesktop to connect the ...
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Share Desktop via Web Browser
I need to share my Desktop with users that don't use Linux. I'm looking for a tool where users can hit a URL in their browser and view my desktop, like join.me for Windows.
I tried running join.me ...
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Unable to do remote desktop using xrdp
I have an Ubuntu virtual machine to which I need to do remote desktop. I do not have physical access to that machine and I can do only ssh to the machine. I wanted to do remote desktop and came up ...
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Xrdp on Ubuntu 20.04
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and then installed xrdp. Whenever i tried to connect, either from another Ubuntu 20.04 box using either xfreerdp or krdc, or from a Mac, a black screen would show up, and ...
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How to prevent deja-dup-monitor from running, or completely delete it?
My ubuntu is dead after a few minutes because a process called deja-dup-monitor consumes almost 7 GB memory. I searched the internet and found that it seems to be used for backups and related to the "...
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Copy and paste between remote sessions using Remmina
In the past, I have been able to copy and paste text between Windows and Linux remote desktop sessions.
Now for some reason, I cannot do this. I would like to regain this functionality, how might I do ...
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Remote Desktop from Windows onto Ubuntu 22.04 takes me to a XRDP login then a blank screen
I'm trying to get the Remote Desktop feature working on Ubuntu (Desktop) 22.04, but I can't seem to connect to my Ubuntu desktop from a Windows (10) PC. I'm using these instructions:
https://help....
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Using windows exported ".rdp" file from Ubuntu
I got this ".rdp" remoteAPP file from work which enables me to run a specific application from the terminal server, I can open it easily using windows with a double click, are there any ways to open ...
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What would be the most practical way for a web developer to develop on Ubuntu but test on IE [duplicate]
I work as web developer and have Firefox and Chrome installed on my Ubuntu system. However, most of the nightmares for web developers are getting things to work on Internet Explorer, mostly IE7 and ...
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How safe is Ubuntu? [closed]
Last week I started desktop sharing using krfb. Continuing from my last session, it appears that the process restarts itself.
Two days ago I noticed messages popping up saying something like "...
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Can I access my home PC from the office with SSH?
I want to use my home pc at my office, without literally taking it to my office.
I would like to have a simpler solution than TeamViewer, cause I'm usually using Live distros at my work place, so SSH ...
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Remote Desktop similar to Teamviewer?
I'm looking for an application similar to teamviewer to install on ubuntu 10.10.
I know that the teamviewer's staff has released a version for ubuntu, but I'd like to use something completely open.
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Terminal does not start on Remote Desktop; how to fix it?
When I try to start the Terminal by clicking the menu item Applications > Accessories > Terminal, it does not start. I get a Starting Terminal entry in the taskbar. After a few seconds, it goes away. ...
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Best VNC / remote desktop software for assistance
Poll on best VNC / remote desktop software for assisting others on Windows/Mac machines from Ubuntu?
I've heard good things about TeamViewer and Fog Creek Copilot, but I'm wondering if the included ...
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How to access an ubuntu machine via VNC from the login screen?
I want to access an Ubuntu machine remotely via VNC. But I can access the Ubuntu machine only if the user is logged in. I want to access the ubuntu machine via VNC from the login screen itself. We can ...
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Is there an equivalent of Windows' Remote Desktop?
I would like to be able to graphically log in to another Ubuntu machine (the server) from my Ubuntu desktop machine (the client), much like with Windows' Remote Desktop.
The "Desktop Sharing" ...
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Remmina: "Protocol plugin RDP is not installed", even after purge and install
I had been using Remmina version 0.99.x or something similar for a while, when I decided to upgrade to a higher version, due to Remmina crashing often when copying (using Ctrl+C) or cutting (using ...
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ubuntu 14.10 multiple Simultaneous independent remote (desktop like ) connections
Can anyone please suggest a free server (that works just like terminal server which allows multiple rdp-like independent sessions) that is compatible for ubuntu 14.10?
I have tried: Simultaneous ...
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ubuntu 18.04 connect to login screen over VNC
I spent a couple of evenings on this, and it's getting a bit frustrating since I managed to had it working on my previous Ubuntu (MANY years ago).
I'd like to have an vnc server running on my server ...
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Remmina alternative
Does anybody know any good alternative for Remmina (doesn't have to be free)?
RDP would be the most important protocol for me.
Remmina is extremely buggy lately. Segfaults every now and then, ...
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How to connect to existing X session without unlocking physical display?
I usually leave many programs running on my workstation and sometimes I need to use it remotely. So I need to connect to existing X session, while keeping physical display (workstation's monitor) ...
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Vino VNC Server unable to start on startup
So I am trying to get the Vino VNC Server to startup on boot, meaning I don't have to login to have the VNC Server start. I am on Ubuntu GNOME 15.04, and I have already added
/usr/lib/vino/vino-...
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How to connect to Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication Required
I want to connect via remote desktop to a Windows Server 2008 R2.
On the Windows server's remote desktop connection properties, it is set to "safer". Specifically, the selected option is "Allow ...
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Is there any way I can have two users on my system playing games simultaneously?
I have a fairly powerful desktop computer where I can run two instances of a game (one natively and one in a win7-64 bit virtualbox). I was wondering if I there was any way to connect a laptop to my ...
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Use local button styles during forwarded X11 session over SSH
Is it at all possible to have a forwarded X11 session be styled with something other than the default X button styles? It doesn't even appear to use my server's actual styles seeing as both computers ...
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How can I enable the "Share Desktop" feature in Empathy?
What steps do I need to follow if I want to use the Share Desktop feature with another user in Empathy?
I've already enabled the Remote Desktop option through System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop ...
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How to use Ubuntu 18.04 on VNC without display attached?
I know that there are previous topics on this issue, but most of them focuses on other versions, which have different configuration options or try to solve it by installing Xfce or other custom ...
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How to use xrdp with Unity on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I'd like to remotely connect to an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system over xrdp using the Unity desktop environment.
I have a 14.04 LTS system that I configured to use Xfce for xrdp connections, but I prefer ...
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Remote desktop access between 2 Ubuntu 20.04 devices over the internet
I have a workstation at my home office running Ubuntu 20.04 (i.e. the remote), this is connected to the internet with an ethernet cable. While traveling, I typically carry a lighter device along, a ...
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Chrome Remote Desktop host setup instructions not showing for Ubuntu 18.04
I'm currently trying to set up chrome remote desktop on a new computer with Ubuntu 18.04. But whenever I try to follow the instructions on https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523#linux-crd, ...
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