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wiki:components:desktop-sharing [2012/10/26 16:51] holger.krause [GNU/Linux] |
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After starting the application and some searching, you will find a new icon on your panel. On the top the icon it's blue, and under it is white with a red cross in it. When you right-click on the butten you can activate the desktop sharing there. After activating other people who can login, can access your desktop. | After starting the application and some searching, you will find a new icon on your panel. On the top the icon it's blue, and under it is white with a red cross in it. When you right-click on the butten you can activate the desktop sharing there. After activating other people who can login, can access your desktop. | ||
- | ==== The Client Side ==== | + | ==== Client Side ==== |
+ | To connect to another user's desktop, use [[wiki: | ||
- | On the client | + | * Start the client. |
- | < | + | Preparing the session: |
- | aptitude install x2goclient | + | * Create a new session with " |
- | </ | + | * Assign a session name, and give the host name and the user name from (or **of**?) the user, whose session you want to access.) |
+ | * As ' | ||
+ | * Recommended: | ||
+ | * Press ' | ||
- | Start it and make a new session with " | + | Making the connection: |
+ | * Activate the newly created session. | ||
+ | * Give the password of the user, and start the session. | ||
+ | * You'll be presented a list of running sessions. Choose, which you want to connect to. (In most cases there will be only one session listed.) | ||
- | Give it a session name, a host name, and the username from the user you want to access. In " | + | After this you will login on the desktop of the other user. When your monitor is smaller than the other ones, it might be a bit difficult |
- | Then start the session | + | Be aware, that by selecting ' |
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- | After this you will login on the desktop from the other. When you have a monitor what's smaller then the other side, it will be maybe a bit difficult to read. | + | |
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- | Realize that when you want to stop the session and the other is running a normal PC, you will stop the complete PC when you do a shutdown! | + | |