VNC configuration

[digitalcommando]

Hi,

i have just receivedmy first plug and i am trying t get it up and running.

What i am trying to acheive is to use the plug as a device that we can install at a clients site and leave it there performing snmp tasks.

What i would like to get installed on it is:

1.  A remote client so that we can remote onto the plug (remote desktop)
2.  A SNMP agent/server
3.  SSH-telnet program (i have managed to do this)
4.  and other network based programs that i think we will need.

Ok here is the tricky bit, i am absoulty new to ubuntu and am painfully trying to work out what the hell i am doing.

i have amanged to SSH onto the box and install a few packages but what i want to do is to remote (VNC) onto the plug so that i can configure it a little easer.  Can anyone help in any awyay, and please remember that i am new to this all :-)

Thanks

[nr]

Try webmin [1] - you then just http to the device on port 10000 and can configure, and monitor it via a web browser. I'm pretty sure you can install it with apt-get install webmin - if not, it's pretty straightforward to get the package and install it. I don't think that VNC is what you are really after, as the plug has no native graphical interface.

Edit: Just re-read my notes on the subject - it looks like you can't apt-get it. Try this:

Code:

   1. apt-get install libnet-ssleay-perl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
   2. Then download the .deb package from http://www.webmin.org/
   3. dpkg –install webmin_1.500_all.deb

[1] http://www.webmin.net/

[NewIT_Marcus]

Sorry for the delay in replying. My advice is the same as that given by nr, only a bit more wordy.

Putting a desktop environment onto a SheevaPlug is possible, but will come at the cost of a significant consumption of drive space, and could also require a few technical hoops to be jumped through. We understand the desire to ease oneself into linux (most of us went from Windows power users to linux dummies), but now is the time for you to take that step and - honestly - it's not so difficult.

Here's why the alternative - of installing VNC - is still a big hurdle:

Firstly, you need to install X and packages that it depends upon. Then VNC. The former has every chance of creating new headaches for you. As an alternative to VNC, you could go for nomachine, which many prefer. However, there is no ARM version of nomachine but there is a compatible open source server. And that would be another big headache for a linux newbie.

On the other hand, webmin simplifies many administrative tasks and presents itself in a browser, so although this might not be the graphical interface that you asked for, it is mostly very user-friendly. So we recommend that now is the time for you to bite the bullet and use a few terminal commands.

Here's how you can install it:

(if necessary) apt-get install wget

Download the .deb file:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.500_all.deb

Install it:
dpkg --install webmin_1.500_all.deb

And see the dependencies mentioned in nr's post.

[Percival P Plugsley]

Just got my plug this afternoon and installed webmin straight away so I can begin porting over my websites.

In case anyone is confused, some browsers will helpfully convert a double dash into a single long hyphen - for instance in the dpkg command there should be 2 dashes before install.

[NewIT_Marcus]

Just got my plug this afternoon and installed webmin straight away so I can begin porting over my websites.

In case anyone is confused, some browsers will helpfully convert a double dash into a single long hyphen - for instance in the dpkg command there should be 2 dashes before install.

Hmm. Some posters accidentally write dpkg –install webmin_1.500_all.deb instead of dpkg --install webmin_1.500_all.deb 

The correct command, (thank you, Percival) is:

Code:

dpkg –-install webmin_1.500_all.deb