Re: [Gumstix-users] Remote display, directfb, vncserver....

[Lauri K. <lau...@gm...>]

2007/2/25, Alexis Chiarello <chi...@ya...>:

> Since I managed to have a framebuffer working by downgrading to 2.6.18
> kernel, time for me to program my graphical app...
>
> However, the funny thing is that I still don't have any LCD hooked in.... So
> my question is : is there any way to have a sort of vnc implementation on
> the gumstix ? What I want is "simple" : just send to a client side the
> current content of my framebuffer so I can delay the purchase of my LCD...

Hi Alexis,

Do you really need framebuffer? I don't know if this would work, but I
would suggest using remote X Window server on your Linux desktop via
TCP/IP - assuming the graphical app is an X app. With a nested X
server (Xnest or Xephyr) it's possible to simulate screen size of the
LCD.

-lauri