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Ubuntu Remote Control

Ubuntu Remote Control

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Ubuntu/Mint/Gentoo/Whatever/Linux Remote Control

Only a standard SSH Server is needed:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Functions
- controlaudio play/stop/prev/next
- control audio volume
- take screenshot of Ubuntu and send it to Android
- take screenshot of Webcam and send it to Android
- shutdown
- restart
- lock/unlock screen
- open audio player
- send keyboard input
- send custom shell command

For some commands you will need xdotool installed, you see on long press the shortcut and change the command if you need.

Wake On Lan
1. sudo apt-get install ethtool
2. sudo ethtool -s eth0 wol g
3. insert the following two lines into the autostart script(/etc/rc.local)
sleep 5
ethtool -s eth0 wol g
4. open /etc/init.d/halt and set NETDOWN=no
5. check and activate Wake On Lan and/or Wake on PCI(E) your mainboard bios

Private key login
Generate your key with ssh-keygen on your Ubuntu SSH Server:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
Read the terminal output and notice the private key path(generaly :~/.ssh/id_rsa ). Now copy the file to your Android SD Card and choose it in Ubuntu Remote Control -> Settings -> load private key. And no more user password is needed.

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Recently changed in this version:

- private key login


Comments and ratings for Ubuntu Remote Control

  • (58 stars)

    by Steve Rhee on 05/04/2013

    I usually jump through a lot of hoops to make linux magic happen... but load my ssh private key through a dropbox acct??? This doesn't sound right.

  • (58 stars)

    by Josh Champlin on 01/04/2013

    Can't connect at all. Followed all 50 instructions exactly and it doesn't connect.

  • (58 stars)

    by Mani Soundararajan on 29/03/2013

    Loving this app, especially to control my rhythmbox from afar. I made a custom command to find the current song. I edited my ~/.bashrc and added the following line: alias rh='env DISPLAY=:0.0 rhythmbox-client --print-playing' Then I long-pressed the "he

  • (58 stars)

    by Filip Kohútek on 10/03/2013

    Poor instructions. No use for most of people

  • (58 stars)

    by Ryan Ledbetter on 21/02/2013

    Autoconnect on startup would be nice setting to have. But gets the job done.

  • (58 stars)

    by Ivan Dominic Baguio on 07/02/2013

    ui is too simple, but functionality is good

  • (58 stars)

    by Jonas Karlsson on 01/02/2013

    After using the slider for controlling the sound volume, my sound card stopped working. I am using ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. The control panel in alsamixer no looks like "< S/PDIF >S/PDIF 1 S/PDIF 2 S/PDIF 3 " and I cannot change their values away from "00