Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Apr 6 10:08:06 CDT 2014
Hi Shamil: "FYI: I have a broadband internet connection." ...that is so nice. We can now expect some great innovations from you. ;-) If that desktop is not to your liking then there a dozens of different options. If you wish a different experience, with perhaps more features, then there are so many others. I just suggested Xfce because of its light-weight, about 15K I think. Also note that xrdp does not work with 3D desktops...at least not yet. I usually use the latest 3D Ubuntu desktop so when remoting in, a fall-back desktop option has to be added to the .xsession file. In some sites I have seen, a link/shortcut (ln), to a (universal) bash script is added to the .xsession file and then, within the script, any number of options can be added, depending on who is logging in or what mode has been setup for a user like remote, direct admin, from a terminal etc and even what applications are then run, at start up. This may be what you were looking for. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 1:34:05 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi Jim -- Here is another short video clip presenting connection to the DigitalCloud Ubuntu droplet via MS Win8 RDP client: https://vimeo.com/91141154 FYI: I have a broadband internet connection. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:07:22 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>: >Hi Shamil: > >Impressive... > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 5:53:46 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > > Hi Jim -- > >Here is a short video clip to prove that it works - http://vimeo.com/91060888 :) >Posted it till tomorrow. Will delete it then. > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > >Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:07:07 +0400 from Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru >: >>Hi Jim -- >> >>Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >>And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >>I will post video clips later this evening. >> >>Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) >> >>BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio": http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio >> >>-- Shamil >> >> >>Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>>Hi Shamil: >>> >>>I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. >>> >>>Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. >>> >>>The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. >>> >>>Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) >>> >>><quote> >>>1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >>>...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >>>sudo apt-get install xrdp >>> >>>2. Restart your server: >>>sudo shutdown -r now >>> >>>3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >>>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >>>...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >>>sudo apt-get update >>>...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >>>sudo apt-get install xfce4 >>> >>>4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >>>...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >>>echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession >>> >>>5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >>>sudo service xrdp restart >>></quote> >>> >>>Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. >>> >>>HTH and keep me posted. >>> >>>Jim >>> <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com