desktop-ui.md

novnc-desktop

Access

Login to the provided link http://vnc.USER.ros.campusrover.org and enter your password (should be provided to you by TA).

novnc-login

Control

On the left you can find a panel for desktop control such as window scaling.

Left panel:

• Extra keys (ctrl-alt, esc key)

• Clipboard (use this for copy-and-paste)

• Fullscreen

• Settings

  • Scaling Mode -> "Local Scaling" (always)

On the bottom is the taskbar (similar to the one in Windows).

Window Scaling

To make sure the desktop fits your browser window, go to Settings -> Scaling Mode -> Choose Local Scaling.

window

Open Terminal

To open the terminal, click the start button at bottom-left corner, go to System Tools -> Choose LXTerminal.

terminal

Tailscale IP

Each clouddesktop has a special IP for connecting to our global private network. The tailscale IP can be found on the terminal.

tailscale ip

Restart Desktop

To restart the clouddesktop in case of a freeze, open a terminal in Code Editor, type restart.

If that did not work, please reach out to your TA.