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u123
Asked: 2015-12-09 12:33:55 +0800 CST

Cannot RDP to another Ubuntu box

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I have Ubuntu 15.10 running on my desktop PC and my laptop. On the desktop PC I have enabled sharing in Desktop Sharing Preferences:

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Next I am trying to use remmina client to connect to Ubuntu on my desktop PC from my laptop. On my laptop I am doing a quick connect where I am using the hostname for the desktop pc in:

cat /etc/hostname
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Where I have discovered that I need to specify the hostname followed by .local So In Remmina I specify:

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When I do that I get this screen:

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When I enter my user and pass it connects but after a short while the remote desktop simply terminates by itself - I never get to see the actual desktop on the remote server.

There are some alternatives from the above menu: enter image description here

But I have not had any success with selecting any of those either.

Any ideas?

SOLUTION: I manged to solve the problem by installing a VNC server on the remote machine and then select the following in Remmina:

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It will auto populate the configuration and connection worked fined afterwards. So the trick was to select:

VNC - Virtual Network Computing

And simply browse for the VNC server.

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2 Answers

  1. Set your desktop client to listen on a specific port using the Remmina client. It has an option to do that.

    When you go to create a new connection with the little document/plus symbol. Then in the drop down "Protocol" select "VNC Incoming Connection"

    Then you can more tightly control the VNC server.

    VNC works better on Linux then RDP.

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  2. Best Answer

    The solution to the problem is:

    1. Install VNC server on remote machine.
    2. In Remmina on client machine select VNC - Virtual Network Computing
    3. Next browse to available VNC servers and select the one you just configured. Finally connect.

    See:

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