sungrove
2008-01-30, 18:16
I don't know about you, but I find KDE, by necessity of course, to be very small. I find it pretty hard to read. And I think there are improvements on the way by Penguinbait, but right now it is a bit cumbersome to navigate KDE.
I know probably many of you are already on to VNC so you don't need this information. But if you aren't there yet, this will help make it much easier. The goal here is to view and be able to control the tablet from your Laptop or desktop computer. I understand the opposite is also possible but I don't know about that yet. If you do know, maybe you can add that to this thread.
Software- the tablet already has vnc runing on it so nothing needs to be added or activated on it. You will need to either have Windows XP Pro, which has a program called Remote Desktop already installed on it, or find another vnc program to download. I looked for Remote Desktop on my XP home edition and found it but then realized that it is not a functional version. After doing an internet search I found a program called TightVNC. I found this program to be easy to install and use. It is also freeware so you can donate if you want to. Here is a link to the site : http://www.tightvnc.com/ Just follow the links to the download page and download and do the usual install wizard steps. There are both Windows and Linux programs there.
So now you have your software. Next step is setup. Setup is actually pretty easy. There is nothing to do from the Tablet side. From the Laptop side you will need two things. You need the IP address of Your tablet and the VNC password. The VNC password is 'rootme' as PB has mentioned. The IP address for some reason is harder to find. I couldn't find it in the control panel. Maybe someone can add an easier way to find it to this thread. I used a progam I had already installed to my tablet called Wifiinfo which gives more detail about your wifi links. My IP address was listed under 'client' there. It is in the form of xxx.xxx.x.x I first tried the WLAN MAC address listed under control panel- about product , but that didn't work. So now that you have the password and IP address listed in the setup dialogue box, hit connect. If both your laptop and Nokia are connected to the internet via your wireless router, it should just work. You will be able to see your tablet screen on your desktop computer screen and control it with your keyboard and mouse . This is true whether you are in KDE or not. BTW, find the control in tightvnc to make the tablet view whatever size you want it. It is possible to make it the full size of your computer screen.
Neil
I know probably many of you are already on to VNC so you don't need this information. But if you aren't there yet, this will help make it much easier. The goal here is to view and be able to control the tablet from your Laptop or desktop computer. I understand the opposite is also possible but I don't know about that yet. If you do know, maybe you can add that to this thread.
Software- the tablet already has vnc runing on it so nothing needs to be added or activated on it. You will need to either have Windows XP Pro, which has a program called Remote Desktop already installed on it, or find another vnc program to download. I looked for Remote Desktop on my XP home edition and found it but then realized that it is not a functional version. After doing an internet search I found a program called TightVNC. I found this program to be easy to install and use. It is also freeware so you can donate if you want to. Here is a link to the site : http://www.tightvnc.com/ Just follow the links to the download page and download and do the usual install wizard steps. There are both Windows and Linux programs there.
So now you have your software. Next step is setup. Setup is actually pretty easy. There is nothing to do from the Tablet side. From the Laptop side you will need two things. You need the IP address of Your tablet and the VNC password. The VNC password is 'rootme' as PB has mentioned. The IP address for some reason is harder to find. I couldn't find it in the control panel. Maybe someone can add an easier way to find it to this thread. I used a progam I had already installed to my tablet called Wifiinfo which gives more detail about your wifi links. My IP address was listed under 'client' there. It is in the form of xxx.xxx.x.x I first tried the WLAN MAC address listed under control panel- about product , but that didn't work. So now that you have the password and IP address listed in the setup dialogue box, hit connect. If both your laptop and Nokia are connected to the internet via your wireless router, it should just work. You will be able to see your tablet screen on your desktop computer screen and control it with your keyboard and mouse . This is true whether you are in KDE or not. BTW, find the control in tightvnc to make the tablet view whatever size you want it. It is possible to make it the full size of your computer screen.
Neil