Remote Login

This describes how to use remote desktop from Window (7) machine to login to a graphical desktop on a remote Raspberry Pi

sudo apt-get install xrdp

[ ok ] Starting Remote Desktop Protocol server : xrdp sesman.

Find out the ip address of the RPi

ifconfig | grep 'inet addr'
          inet addr:192.168.0.9  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

192.168.0.9 is what you need

Launch the remote desktop programme from the start menu. Enter the IP address as determined above.

You'll probably get a security warning.

Review this and assuming you're on a local network it should be safe to connect. At which point you'll be presented with a login screen for the RPi.

Login using your normal RPi username and password.

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