I would like to activate remote desktop to access from ubuntu to sparky. I installed vnc4server and tightvncserver but I cannot access to my computer yet... could you give me some hint on how to doing it? I think it should be easy but I already have spend hours on it and I cannot find documentation on sparky to do that... thanks.
If it has been hours and still no luck, you could try "ssh -X user@192.168........ ".
It has to be a capitol X
Then type in a program, such as geany and you have one gui program running.
It is not as powerful or elegant, but is what I occasionally use between two linux machines on a home network. I have not learned vnc.
peace out
Note - I checked back in.
"apt-cache show xtightvncviewer"
https://wiki.debian.org/VNCviewer?action=show&redirect=VNC
It appears that you may have installed two vnc Servers. Possibly the combination of xtightvncviewer and tightvncserver would work. Or conversely - a viewer for vnc4server - however vnc4server appears to only have binaries for sid and stable.
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xvnc4viewer
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=vnc4server
This is the time close to freeze when programs with rc bugs are started to be weeded out. A quick look at the change logs on the Debian package site is always a clue as to how well supported a program is.