Using windows 10 desktop to access Pi.
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:11 pm
Hi.
I have spent many hours trying to use my Pi via my Windows 10 desktop. Two monitors, keyboards and mice on one desk is a bit cramped. I abandoned various methods I found online, including the 'help a friend' method because W10 Home doesn't have that facility. I have also abandoned my attempts to connect using the UltraVNC already installed on my PC for remote contact to my work PC.
Finally, I decided on xming and putty. Putty is OK. I managed to set a static IP address after a bit of a fight....(I was told to alter the word dchp [I think that's what it was] to 'static' using nano to edit. My Pi didn't have that word....it said 'manual' in that place in the text. So I changed that to 'static' and it seemed to work) But xming just doesn't do a thing. Nowt. Not a sausage. I uninstalled it in case it hadn't gone in properly....that was a fight too; had to use Revo in hunter mode!.... Then downloaded from the proper place and tried again. Nada. Nowt. Getting the gist, are you....
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO- is there a way to do this which isn't rocket science and a Noob....or nearly a Noob..... can do? I only want to be able to see the Pi screen on my Acer HD monitor and use the desktop's keyboard and mouse.
Thanks in advance.
Second question to follow shortly!
I have spent many hours trying to use my Pi via my Windows 10 desktop. Two monitors, keyboards and mice on one desk is a bit cramped. I abandoned various methods I found online, including the 'help a friend' method because W10 Home doesn't have that facility. I have also abandoned my attempts to connect using the UltraVNC already installed on my PC for remote contact to my work PC.
Finally, I decided on xming and putty. Putty is OK. I managed to set a static IP address after a bit of a fight....(I was told to alter the word dchp [I think that's what it was] to 'static' using nano to edit. My Pi didn't have that word....it said 'manual' in that place in the text. So I changed that to 'static' and it seemed to work) But xming just doesn't do a thing. Nowt. Not a sausage. I uninstalled it in case it hadn't gone in properly....that was a fight too; had to use Revo in hunter mode!.... Then downloaded from the proper place and tried again. Nada. Nowt. Getting the gist, are you....
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO- is there a way to do this which isn't rocket science and a Noob....or nearly a Noob..... can do? I only want to be able to see the Pi screen on my Acer HD monitor and use the desktop's keyboard and mouse.
Thanks in advance.
Second question to follow shortly!
