Mick wrote: > On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:56, Daniel Iliev wrote: > >> Mick wrote: >> > > >>> Thank you. Given that grdesktop is just a gnome front end (equivalent to >>> krdc, which I believe requires vnc) are any solutions that work with the >>> default WinXP remote desktop/remote assistance set up? >>> >> No, grdesktop is a front-end for "net-misc/rdesktop" which is an RDP >> (Remnote Desktop Protocol) client. This is exactly what you need to >> connect to MS WinXP's "Remote Desktop" service. "emerge grdesktop" will >> pull rdesktop as a dependency. That's all you need. No Installation of >> VNC Server at the Windows computer. >> > > Thanks Daniel, I really like the sound of this, but there's a catch. I do > not > run Gnome on my machine and grdesktop is of course also pulling in a load of > Gnome libraries and dependencies. Is there a non-Gnome grdesktop equivalent? >
Ok, then just "emerge rdesktop" w/o the front-end and start it by typing "rdesktop" in kterminal or whatever is your favorite X-terminal-emulator. The basinc syntax is: "rdesktop "my-father's-pc" -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
