Re: [Chromium-users] Chromium and VNC: remote rendering of desktop

[Brian P. <bri...@tu...>]

Dan Phung wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to get the setup where the local (app) node sends its
> rendering data to a remote node to get rendered, and then sent back to
> get displayed.  From what I've read, I should use the VNC SPU.

Do you want to use VNC?

Or, are you trying to render back into the original application window?


> However most of the docs I find are related to vncproxy, which (from
> what I understand) is only needed if I'm using DMX.
> 
> Here's the setup I tried (mothership and app node are the same):
> 
> app node: start mothership
>   python vncdemo.conf Xvnc
> rendering node: start crserver
> app node: crappfaker
> 
> Here's what I think it should look like...
> 
> crappfaker --(net)--> crserver-> vncspu  <--- vncviwer
> 
> Should I be connecting the vncviewer to the vncspu?  I tried that, but
> the viewer doesn't show anything...I can connect directly to Xvnc and
> see my server though...

The VNC SPU is derived from the passthrough SPU so it needs to be 
followed by another SPU, typically the render SPU.  I'll update the docs 
about that.


> Is there any documentation on how to get this setup?  What happens
> if the crserver gets disconnected and then later reconnected?

You can't dynamically disconnect/reconnect crservers like that.

-Brian