Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Gazebo in web browser


http://gazebosim.org/gzweb

Gzweb is installed on the server-side. Once the server is set up and running, clients can interact with the simulation simply by accessing the server's URL on a web browser.

It's pretty cool.  Try it!



Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) Remote Desktop using x11vnc

http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/

Remote desktop between Windows 7 (TightVNC client) and Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) -sharing the monitor and mouse (similar to remote desktop but quicker)

In Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install x11vnc
$ x11vnc -display :0

In Windows (TightVNC client)
- same as other VNC connection.

listing TightVNC server and kill them

By default, TightVNC launches a default session listening on port 5901.  You can use the following command to display how many vncserver you've started and kill them by display number:

$ netstat -plant | grep vnc
$ vncserver -kill :1
Other alternatives of VNC clients are:

  • TigerVNC -http://tigervnc.org/
  • UltraVNC - http://www.uvnc.com/