Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

[Daniel Iliev]

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


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