Remote desktop and multihead laptop setup with Vino

by jenny on 25 October 2007 - 11:52pm in

Install VNC packages

On the local machine or your desktop:

sudo apt-get install xvnc4viewer x2vnc

Enable Remote Desktop

On the remote machine or your laptop:

System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop

Remote Administration

This is much like rdesktop functionality.

xvncviewer 192.168.0.1:0

Instantaneous Multihead Setup

Position your laptop to the left of your monitor and open a magical passageway for your mouse and keyboard:

x2vnc 192.168.0.2:0 -west

Source: http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/29/remote-desktop-administration-using-vino