Is there anyway the Remote Desktop viewer can give you feedback about what you are experiencing?
I'm trying to connect to an desktop computer running Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop 32bit on my LAN. I'm trying to connect from my laptop running Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop 64bit. I've setup the host machine to accept remote desktop request using System > Preferences > Remote Desktop. >From my laptop, Applications > Internet > Remote Desktop Viewer I am trying to connect to the host, I can display its desktop on my laptop. SSH works fine, but VNC (by the way, instead of VNC it should say "Graphical Connection (vnc)" and "Command Line Connection (ssh)" for new user's sake) I get to a black screen, but no desktop is shown. After attempting the connection, I went into the other room expecting to see a connection request notification on the host machine, but no notification was displayed. I've turned off the fire wall on the host machine using gufw, but I still get the same results. Is there anyway the Viewer could give you more feedback? Is there any way that it could detect that all it is displaying is a black screen and no desktop? Is there anyway that it could provide trouble shooting automatically when results like this occur? Also, if the firewall is a common obstacle, why doesn't the viewer point this out, and tell you how the firewall needs to be configured? What ports need to be open, etc? We've got to make this easier for newbies. I'm puzzled. This stuff use to work in 9.04. -- remote desktop viewer not connecting. black screen and no control over remote computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/476988 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
