How To Configure Remote Access To Your Ubuntu Desktop - Page 2

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Submitted by falko (Contact Author) (Forums) on Mon, 2008-02-11 17:28. ::

3 Connecting From A Windows XP Client

In order to connect from a Windows XP system, we must install a VNC client on the Windows system. There are multiple free VNC clients available, e.g. from http://www.realvnc.com/products/download.html. Select the Free Edition...

... and click your way through the following pages. On the download page, select the VNC Free Edition Viewer for Windows executable...

... and save it on the system, e.g. the desktop. The VNC Free Edition Viewer for Windows is a standalone executable, i.e., you don't have to install it to use it. After the download has finished, simply double-click the file...

... and the VNC Viewer starts. Type in the remote desktop's IP address (you can either type 192.168.0.217:0...

... or just 192.168.0.217)...

... and the password for the remote desktop (leave the Username field empty), then click on OK:

If all goes well, you should now see the remote Ubuntu desktop in a new window:

To stop the connection, simply close the window.


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Submitted by Matt (not registered) on Sat, 2008-11-22 06:27.

I have read your tutorial 

How To Configure Remote Access To Your Ubuntu Desktop - Page 2

 and I'm successfully connect from a Windows XP system to ubuntu machine.  The problem is i have to logon (locally) first on ubuntu machine, before i could remotely connect via VNC from my XP system. Without logon locally on ubuntu, i got message : Unable to connect to host : Connection refused (10061). This's not happening when i logon on Ubuntu Machine, i can connect smoothly to Ubuntu Machine via VNC Viewer. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04.

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