The blurb straight from www.logmein.com:
“LogMeIn lets you access your Windows PC from anywhere in the world. All you need is a computer connected to the Internet. You see your Target PC’s full desktop and control everything on it—applications, network files, email, printing—without the hassle of further downloads or installations. You can even share files that are too large for email. There’s no need to lug around a laptop, because LogMeIn lets you access your PC from an internet cafe, an airport, or a hotel business center. You can even print documents you’ve accessed remotely.”
Some of the features listed are only included in the “Pro” version (see their product comparison page), but using only their free service you can easily access your computers running Windows or Mac OS X. To get this running on Yellow Dog Linux for the PS3, all you need to do is install the Java plugin for Firefox. There’s no messing with firewalls, port forwarding, or other security concerns — just create an account over at www.logmein.com, install the host software on your PC or Mac, and head to the login page from your PS3 (after installing the Java plugin). The initial startup process takes a few moments while the Java plugin loads., but that’s all there is to setting up the connection.
Once you’re in you can click on the Advanced option on the menu bar and select a resolution to match what you’re running on your PS3, then click on the Full Screen option. For example, I’m able to access my Windows XP machine full screen on my PS3 at 1280×720. This is how it looks when I’m running my CAD software on Windows and accessing it from my PS3 using my LogMeIn Free account (click on the thumbnail for full size image):
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May 27, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Jonathan
I need a little help with setting the video-mode for a ps3 on fedora 9. When I’m in root and put in video-mode I can only choose 480p. And when you mention “video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb
(this section may look different depending on how you installed Fedora 9)” in your post on fedoraforum.org, Mine is different and that does not appear on the editor screen. Can you help??
June 16, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Mark
Just wanted to say thanks for all the tutorials. I did this Opera one, and it worked great. I think I have a new favorite browser!
Thanks…..Mark
June 18, 2008 at 4:37 am
Lawrence
Hey Billb…Whats going on with the Yellow Dog Forum? Its been down for a few days now. Do you know whenit will be back up?
June 21, 2008 at 3:08 pm
dan
I installed port audio prior to snes9x-gtk as instructed, but I sitll get no sound. Help?
June 22, 2008 at 7:27 am
billb
@dan, in snes9x-gtk, look in Options -> Preferences -> Sound and make sure your playback rate is 44100 or 48000 — I think it defaults to 32000 and that doesn’t work on the PS3.
June 24, 2008 at 3:15 pm
danb
hey bill. First time here and all of your tutorials and helpful links are the reason I can do all this from my couch. Thanks in advance. Anyway, I was tryin to get GTK 1.51 and Port audio. I tried installing the RPM for port audio and I keep getting an error at the end. I was hoping you could help me out. I get:
Error Resolving Dependencies
Unable to resolve dependencies for some packages selected for installation.
In the details Tab:
Missing Dependency: libjack.so.0 is needed by the package portaudio
thanks again for all your help.
June 24, 2008 at 6:46 pm
billb
@danb, I see — that is provided in the fedora-extras repo (fc6), so if you haven’t added the additional third-party repos as described here:
http://blogs.ydl.net/billb/2008/03/02/third-party-repos-for-ydl-6/
Then the installer won’t pick up the dependency. There may be other RPM packages I have made that require the third party repos as well. There’s a post on the YDL community board that describes them in more detail here, plus how to install software on YDL in general:
http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=3017
Once you have them set up properly, the installer should pick up the dependency and add it automatically.
jack-audio-connection-kit.ppc 0.103.0-1.fc6 fedora-extras
Matched from:
libjack.so.0
Also, I have a new version of the portaudio rpm that I haven’t posted yet — here’s a direct link:
http://pleasantfiction.ipower.com/ps3linux/ps3bodega/portaudio-19-5.ppc.rpm
(still need to add the 3rd party repos first, at least fedora-extras anyway)
And when you have snes9x-gtk installed, look in Options -> Preferences -> Sound and make sure your playback rate is 44100 or 48000 — I think it defaults to 32000 and that doesn’t work on the PS3.