Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Is there an application or method to remotely control an N800 from a PC (by wifi/bt/usb)?

* Is there something like a VNC server on OS2007/8?

*Can I ssh/xterm (I'm not a linux person, so 'cuse me) and get a reasonable facimile of the screen?

* Can I ssh/xterm in to get a linux command shell?

Just got my n800 and love it, but it would be great for me to control it from my PC, especially when I'm working on both (such as looking for new applications for it). Let's face it, even this site is not the 'friendliest' for the browsers on the N800.


Thanks in advance!

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

You can use the X11vnc server. Install it on your N800, start it up (go to extras - X11), and then you can VNC into your N800 using any VNC client.

You can then control the N800 from your PC - although the return key acts unexpectedly to bring up the large keyboard. That's the easiest way.

Otherwise search for dropbear server and client in these forums if you want to SSH in.

Here are some links Technut posted in the OS2008 forum:

This X11vnc server works fine for me in OS2008.
http://mike.saunby.googlepages.com/x11vncfornokia7702
Found a good explanation of it here:
http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/11/1...box-using-vnc/
And there are some F-key mappings here:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...8455#post88455

Much easier than typing on the N800 for any length of time

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Thanks for the quick response... I can't wait to try it out.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Well, I use a BT keyboard for extended keyboarding sessions, so I haven't
used VNC into the N800 much. But there's some pair of commands you can run
to switch the input method off -- the N800 does it automatically when you sync up the BT keyboard, but you can run it yourself, too.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Thanks for the credit but unfortunately the links are broken from the copy/paste. Here's the original post with working links:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...9360#post99360

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

there is also another solution, called synergy, you can share the pc keyboard, clipboard
and mouse on your n800 :)

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

If you have the N800 set up with an ssh server (either dropbear or openssh), and install 'putty' on the Windows PC (google it - it's easily found and easily installed) then you can use putty to ssh into your N800.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

TA-t3: In this exact circumstance you describe, after I type in my ip address, putty asks me to log in and give a password. I feel pretty stupid, but what long-in name and password do I use? It's not obvious to me.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Have you enabled root access? You can do so my issuing the command sudo gainroot in R&D mode.
To start R&D mode run flasher with the --enable-rd-mode flag set.

See http://maemo.org/community/wiki/rdmode/

Once you have a root shell you create a password with the command: passwd

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Jeff: Thanks for your response. Let me clarify my position. With my Linux box via ssh, I have been working in my N800 (and N770) root for years now. What I'm now trying to do is to access the same N800 root with my Windows pc, via Putty. I have therefore long since established user and root passwords through the passwd command. What I don't know what to do now is determine what log-in name to use to make Putty function. I'm not aware I have one, or have established one. Are we perhaps talking apples and oranges here?

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

There are only two accounts on the N8x0s that I know of. One is the user named "user", and the other is the user "root". Unless you've added additional users to your tablet, you are SSHing into it as one of those two users from your Linux box. You would do the same with Putty.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Moonshine: When I go into my N800 (user or root or whatever) through my Linux box and ssh, I'm not required to enter a "long-in" name, only a password. Putty wants a "long-in" name. So there is this apparent difference that I'm encountering -- and to my knowledge I don't have (or know of) any "log-in" name.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Well, what command do you use in Linux?
If you're doing: then you're specifying "user" as the login name.
If you're doing then ssh is guessing the login. Probably using your username on the linux box, but possibly something else. Check the man page for your ssh implementation to figure out what login it's using, then use the same with putty.

Re: Remote Into N800 from PC
 

Benson: That worked fine. Thanks. It's obvious when you think about it! I have for so long been using an automated ssh log-in that I'd forgotten that my log-in included either an initial "user" or "root" designation. Thanks again and regards, Jim