Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-11 Thread Justin Jereza
> I was just wondering what is the best software solution available. > Otherwise I might invest in a KVM switch. If you just need the apps that run on your Linux PC but don't need the desktop environment, you might want to look at xming, an xserver for windows. I've used it before and it worked gr

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 07:10:50 +1000, yudi wrote in message : > > Do you actually need the display from the laptop to be shown on the > > desktop machine's monitors? If you just wanted to direct your > > mouse/keyboard actions you could use Synergy provided you could > > still see the display. > > >

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-04 Thread yudi v
> > Have you tried some of the performance and quality options mentioned in the > man page?  It looks like x11vnc has many and diverse options. > > -solid > -wireframe / -nowireframe > -speeds n,n,n > -xrefresh n > -sb 0 I used the first option, will look up the others, Right now I am using -ncach

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-04 Thread yudi v
> Do you actually need the display from the laptop to be shown on the desktop > machine's monitors? If you just wanted to direct your mouse/keyboard actions > you could use Synergy provided you could still see the display. > the main reason for this is to use the 24' desktop screen. -- Kind reg

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-04 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:33:33 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Currently I am using x11vnc as the server on Debian and tightvnc viewer > on Windows 7. > > Both machines are connected via LAN cable and are only meters apart. > Debian is installed on a 12' laptop and windows 7 on a desktop with dual > screens

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-04 Thread green
yudi v wrote at 2012-01-03 23:33 -0700: > Currently I am using x11vnc as the server on Debian and tightvnc > viewer on Windows 7. > Both machines are connected via LAN cable and are only meters apart. > It works but the performance using the above > applications is not that good. There's lag and

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-03 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 04/01/12 16:33, yudi v wrote: I was just wondering what is the best software solution available. Otherwise I might invest in a KVM switch. Do you actually need the display from the laptop to be shown on the desktop machine's monitors? If you just wanted to direct your mouse/keyboard action

Best remote control software

2012-01-03 Thread yudi v
Currently I am using x11vnc as the server on Debian and tightvnc viewer on Windows 7. Both machines are connected via LAN cable and are only meters apart. Debian is installed on a 12' laptop and windows 7 on a desktop with dual screens, I wanted to see if I can use VNC to access Debian on win7 mac