| mhall119 | ping and run eh? | 02:46 |
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| klutzz | Has anyone had bad throughput with an LG CD/DVD rom drive? | 02:48 |
| mhall119 | not that I know of | 02:48 |
| klutzz | Brasero is the only program that will burn my DVDs and only at about 1.5X | 02:50 |
| mhall119 | hmmm... | 02:51 |
| klutzz | Reading the files on a DVD, they only copy at about 2.5 megs per second. | 02:52 |
| klutzz | to a harddrive | 02:52 |
| klutzz | I can give you a list of what I have tried... | 02:57 |
| mhall119 | nah, I'd have no idea how to help with this anyway | 02:59 |
| mhall119 | I'm pretty useless when it comes to hardware | 03:00 |
| klutzz | is there a place where I can check and see if there is a compatibility problem with my LG drive? | 03:01 |
| klutzz | model not supported type thing. | 03:02 |
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| shadowchaser | hello everyone Im new to ubuntu I have a couple questions | 17:19 |
| mhall119 | hi shadowchaser | 17:26 |
| mhall119 | what's your question? | 17:26 |
| shadowchaser | how do i setup a remote desktop with ubuntu / | 17:27 |
| mhall119 | to connect into Ubuntu? | 17:27 |
| mhall119 | System->Preferences->Remote Desktop | 17:28 |
| mhall119 | click to allow | 17:28 |
| shadowchaser | well is there away to connect via remote desktop from windows vista to ubuntu | 17:28 |
| mhall119 | are you doing this over a LAN, or over the internet? | 17:28 |
| mhall119 | shadowchaser: Ubuntu defaults to using VNC, so you'd need a VNC client for Windows | 17:28 |
| shadowchaser | LAN as of now VNC? lost a little | 17:28 |
| mhall119 | okay, lets go back a little | 17:29 |
| mhall119 | the "remote desktop" used by windows is based on the RDP protocol | 17:29 |
| mhall119 | the "remote desktop" used by Linux (and I think OSX) is based on the VNC protocol | 17:29 |
| mhall119 | VNC pretty much just takes snapshots of your desktop, and sends them as images | 17:30 |
| shadowchaser | ok But I can connect from ubuntu to another ubuntu system over net or lan right | 17:30 |
| mhall119 | right, but over the internet requires that you open your firewall to allow incoming VNC connections | 17:30 |
| mhall119 | however, VNC isn't encrypted, you don't really want to send unencrypted images of your desktop over the open internet | 17:31 |
| mhall119 | there is an RDP-based remote desktop server for Linux, but I've never used it, so I don't know how good it is | 17:32 |
| shadowchaser | Ok what I want to do is walkup to a unit with my laptop and connect can this be done with a straight wired connection with out going through a router/ | 17:33 |
| mhall119 | let me see if I understand, you want to connect to a local Ubuntu box from your laptop, on the same LAN? | 17:34 |
| shadowchaser | ok Let me explain what I am doing is putting Computers out in certain areas and what I want to do is go to a certain computer and be able to access it with out actually connecting a keyboard and mouse | 17:35 |
| mhall119 | and you want a desktop, not just a command line connection, right? | 17:36 |
| shadowchaser | yes | 17:36 |
| mhall119 | okay, VNC is going to be the easiest way | 17:37 |
| mhall119 | and if it's only on the local lan, it's secure enough | 17:37 |
| mhall119 | you'd just need to know the IP address of the box | 17:37 |
| shadowchaser | what it is, I am installing a digital Advertisement network and in order to update the units I want to walk up plug a ethernet cable into it and update my files | 17:37 |
| mhall119 | and have Remote Desktop enabled on the box, by going to System->Preferences->Remote Desktop | 17:37 |
| mhall119 | oh, plug the ethernet cable into the Ubuntu box? | 17:38 |
| shadowchaser | Yes | 17:38 |
| mhall119 | okay, are these boxes connected to a network already? | 17:38 |
| mhall119 | will they have an IP address? | 17:39 |
| shadowchaser | No not connected to a network | 17:39 |
| shadowchaser | but If the need arise I could set up networks | 17:39 |
| mhall119 | hmmm, I'm not entirely sure what steps would be required to do this | 17:39 |
| mhall119 | but you'd need a crossover cable at a minimum | 17:39 |
| mhall119 | i think you'll have to assign static IP addresses to each box, then give your laptop a static IP address on the same subnet | 17:40 |
| shadowchaser | it would be easier to set up networks wouldnt it that way I could connect from any point via wirless signal | 17:40 |
| mhall119 | but then you would just plug in the crossover cable, point your vnc client to the box's IP and connect | 17:40 |
| mhall119 | yeah, that would be easier | 17:41 |
| shadowchaser | jsut do a local lan with out internet access | 17:41 |
| mhall119 | yeah | 17:41 |
| mhall119 | that way you could connect to any box from anywhere else on the network | 17:41 |
| shadowchaser | ok answers my question so mhall119 where are you from? | 17:42 |
| mhall119 | Lakeland, you? | 17:42 |
| shadowchaser | town called Brewton 60 miles North Of pensacola | 17:42 |
| mhall119 | oh, so you're practically in Alabama then aren't you? | 17:42 |
| mhall119 | or Georgia | 17:43 |
| shadowchaser | Alabama | 17:43 |
| mhall119 | I think maxolasersquad is our closest member do you | 17:43 |
| shadowchaser | I talked to a guy named zoopster and he helped me out on a few of my problems | 17:44 |
| mhall119 | yeah, zoopster's a cool guy, from Tampa | 17:45 |
| shadowchaser | I really enjoy using Ubuntu I only have one laptop with windows for netflix and as soon as I can get it on Ubunutu Im killing windows | 17:45 |
| mhall119 | yeah, I'm not sure what netflix's problem is | 17:46 |
| mhall119 | but, i've got it on my Wii, so I'm still happy | 17:46 |
| shadowchaser | we have a wii also but Its easier to take the laptop to the ebd room plug it in our lcd in there and watch | 17:48 |
| shadowchaser | well oneday Ill figure this remote desktop out | 17:51 |
| shadowchaser | one last question do I need to open a certain port? | 17:54 |
| mhall119 | on what? | 17:54 |
| shadowchaser | either machine or my router | 17:55 |
| mhall119 | if you're on the same subnet, you won't go through the router, so no to that | 17:55 |
| mhall119 | if you installed/enabled a firewall on the Ubuntu machine, you will need to open port 5900 to incoming connections | 17:56 |
| mhall119 | but the default Ubuntu install doesn't have a firewall running | 17:56 |
| shadowchaser | ok | 17:56 |
| shadowchaser | my desktop is wirless and the machine Im running on is wireless so its running through my wireless router | 17:57 |
| mhall119 | right, but unless it crosses to another network, it shouldn't go through the router's firewall | 17:57 |
| mhall119 | in that case, the router is just asking like a switch or hub | 17:57 |
| shadowchaser | got ya | 17:57 |
| shadowchaser | well i've been up for going on 24 hours so thats alot to do with it also | 17:58 |
| mhall119 | yeah, things start to go funny after the 22 hour mark | 18:00 |
| shadowchaser | No kidding | 18:00 |
| shadowchaser | well you know might help if I hired an IT guy too lol | 18:04 |
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