Hi All
I have a Viglen mini computer (Geode, 80GB, 512MB RAM,
6xUSB, Ethernet preloaded Xubuntu 8.04)
1. As I wish to use this in a remote location I have been
attempting to set up remote desktop with a laptop (Ubuntu). I
can get the Laptop desktop to show on the Viglen but not the
other way round. When I click ‘Connect’ on the laptop I get a
flash of black screen and then ‘communication is closed’. I
guess this is possibly due to snail’s pace of the Viglen. I
further guess that my only resort is to remote terminal ??
2.Whilst setting up the remote desktop on the Viglen I used
terminal command line to load and run vino (remote desktop
application). At some stage I must have done something daft
that made the desktop disappear and I cannot find a way of
reinstating. All I have now is a blank blue desktop with a
functional Firefox in its own resizeable window (which I have
not stopped). However I can start terminal and shutdown
computer by using Alt + F Keys. The Desktop environment is XFCE
(I think issue 4).
3.My favourite Linux is Puppy (very slim) and I have made a
bootable USB Stick hopefully to allow me to run on the Viglen in
RAM. The version is Wary 5.1.2 which is supposed to be suitable
for running on an ‘old’ system. This boots up quite happily on
my laptop but when booting on the Viglen; hangs part way through
the load and shows something to do with ‘Kernel initcall’.
As you can no doubt guess I am a complete noob as far as Linux
is concerned and get the impression through reading various
forums that once a problem is encountered it is usually
necessary to resort to the command line which implies some prior
knowledge.
I intend to come to the DCGLUG meeting in Holsworthy next
Saturday and am curious what form the meetings take. Could
someone please let me know if it will be possible to get some
guidance on the above problems and if it is worth me bringing
hardware.
Regards
Arley Bushill
I use ssh to talk to mine - just use the console