... and to fill out the other possibility, it's also possible to install the "X windows app" on Macintosh, get a terminal running inside X, then ssh over to the pi (ssh -X <address>) - in which case the windows you open on the pi should appear back on the Mac. This might be the lowest-tech way.
cheers Miller On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 01:16:43AM -0200, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: > nice, that's one of the things that came uo, and apparently there's a nica > guide on it: > http://4dc5.com/2012/06/12/setting-up-vnc-on-raspberry-pi-for-mac-access/ > > that should do, right? If the link above is very helpful, we could > reference it in the Pd site. This was very helpful too to install it > http://lifehacker.com/5976912/a-beginners-guide-to-diying-with-the-raspberry-pi > > I have the pi, but no way to plug it in with monitors, ethernet, mouse and > keyboard yet, tomorrow I'll properly try it out. > > Now, what about still being able to use the internet on the Pi while > connected to the laptop? Can it feed through the same cable, or do I need > to have some wi-fi receptor in the USB? > > How do you do it Mark? > > Cheers > Alex > > 2013/1/27 me.grimm <megr...@gmail.com> > > > I'm away from my computer so I could probably tell you more tomorrow. > > > > I'm using tightvnc > > > > http://elinux.org/RPi_VNC_Server > > > > You can set it up so you can use "screen sharing" on Mac to have your rip > > desktop on your Mac. > > > > That's what I do. It's different than what millers doing with x-forwarding. > > > > Also with this you can get the rpi to show up in your finder side bar. > > > > Hope that helps! > > M > > > > > > On Jan 27, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres <por...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hello Pi people, I just got one of these to mess with, getting it to run > > the OS was very simple, need help with other stuff. > > > > What do you recommend for remote desktopping (controlling the Pi via a > > laptop, by having the laptop's keyboard/trackpad as input and getting the > > screen to show what's going on). > > > > I know there's something called VNC around, but it seems to come in > > different softwares, which one(s) have you been using. Or, better put, just > > about anyone works? > > > > I got a macbook air I'd like to use that way, by the way, so I need to run > > from a MAC OS system. > > > > To see if I got this straight, all the hardware you need to plug them > > together is a crossover ethernet cable, right? > > > > That way, can the Pi also feed from the internet I'm getting into my > > macbook air vi wi-fi while it's being remotely controlled by the same > > laptop via the same cable? > > > > I guess that's it for now. > > > > I hope we can have sometime soon a nice page with several info on how to > > run Pd in the Pi in many ways. I could help on writting this kind of > > tutorial > > > > Cheers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list