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How do I force x11vnc to stream lower quality?

I need to access a remote machine via a high latency, slow connection. It uses x11vnc and I want it to broadcast video in much lower quality than what's actually on the screen. First thing that comes ...
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Find a IR transmitter device

I would like to use the IR transmitter included in a cubox. I did not found any documentation to use it, so I would want to learn how to communicate with periphericals on linux. Commands like lshw,...
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Unlock the encrypted Volumes after restarting the server via SSH

I used the sudo shutdown -r to restart my Mac server via SSH. However, after restarting the server, I discovered that two volumes are offline due to encryption. What I am trying to do is input the ...
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Transport keyboard/mouse events to a keyboard/mouse-less remote host

I want to send keyboard and mouse events from a small ARMv7 computer board to a remote one, which has no keyboard nor mouse. I'm planning to send these events on a locally implemented CAN bus. The ...
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Do I need to install LIRC separately in Fedora 18?

I just finished installing Fedora 18 and out of the box I noticed that it recognizes my IMON/MCE Remote control. I have had to make some changes to the rc_keymaps/imon_mce file to remap some of the ...
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Is it possible to create a ncat loop?

If you had two computers, wanting to control one from another using only ncat, without using telnet, ssh or other networking tools and only two shells, how could i go about that? I have successfully ...
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RemoteControl on Samba AD?

I have an AD/DC, running on Zentyal 6.1 (wich is a web service of Samba 4.11 running on 18 iirc). But here is the thing: I have some users (we are on the same network, I can even reach them via ping, ...
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How to setup VLC to use Infrared remote control using LIRC

How can I setup VLC to use Infrared remote controls using LIRC ?
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How to SCP the output of a command from a remote server to another remote server?

I am connected to a remote machine ( server1 ). On server1 I want to make a script that is copying & renaming some files that have a specific size but to rename them only after they are ...
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How can i offer a single GUI app (trough e.g VNC) that is open to anyone on the internet to control, somewhat safely?

I'd like to make a solution that let's me offer a single Linux GUI app of my choice, e.g an emulator, to be controlled by basically anyone on the internet, trough e.g browser-based VNC. So, i'd like ...
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How to evaluate commands on the given node of cluster by using plink?

Despite plink (putty link, which provides remote evaluation of commands on remote cluster by using ssh) is Windows application, I hope that You will help me in this question. I have the remote ...
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Make IRDA hotkeys work in the lock screen

I have some IRDA reciever and remote controller. Some keys on it emulates hotkeys. So, I've created a hotkey that locks my current session. Now I want to create one that will unlock it (for example, ...
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Remotely use SSH key authentication (3

I have a VM using ubuntu 14.04. running on a windows. If I use the terminal on the VM desktop, I can connect to my servers without passwords using registered SSH Keys. When I connect to the VM from ...
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How to configure Remmina to trigger the super key in the remote client and not in the host?

I use Remmina to do an interaction from the Host to the Remote Client, therefore Host (Remmina running) ---> Remote Client The Hosts can be either as Ubuntu, Peppermint or Fedora and the Remote ...
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Is possible restart a suspended system remotely?

For Ubuntu and Fedora based on GUI - both as remote clients - in a laptop (and even PC) is possible execute remotely through either SSH or Remmina the following command: sleep 15 && systemctl ...
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Using Laptop to serve as monitor, keyboard and mouse to another PC

I have a laptop for my regular use which is compact and for regular day to day work. I need a much powerful PC so I buy/ assemble one. But I dont want to buy peripherals like Monitor, Keyboard and ...
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Can I remotely connect my office system "PC-A" to another neighbouring office system "PC-B" through mac address?

System description I have two Ubuntu (Mate-flavour) systems in my office "PC-A" and "PC-B". previously(4 days ago) I was able to remotely connect both the PC from home. both are connected with the ...
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NoMachine behind a NAT

My provider uses a NAT network. I would like to expose a NoMachine server over the WAN (like I do with TeamViewer). When starting the server, I only get a list of private IP addresses, which are not ...
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Unable to do RSH connection

I have two servers with RHEL 6.6 installed. I'm trying to do an RSH connection between these two. Following are the errors which I'm getting: connect to address 172.21.70.95 port 544: Connection ...
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How can I emulate (inject) system-wide keystrokes and mouse movement via a TCP server?

I'm running Debian on a dedicated HTPC without a keyboard or mouse attached. Most users will use LIRC and an IR receiver to control the system, but my remote control is advanced and can send direct ...
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