| San Mehat | a430b2b | 2014-09-23 08:30:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
| 2 | In this stage (beta), there are two programs functional: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | LinuxVNC <tty number> |
| 5 | monitor a virtual console (text mode) of Linux. You need |
| 6 | root privileges, or at least be in the "tty" group, because |
| 7 | it reads /dev/vcsN and writes /dev/ttyN. |
| 8 | It follows the same idea as WinVNC, x11vnc or OSXvnc, i.e. it |
| 9 | takes an existing desktop and exports it via RFB (VNC), just that |
| 10 | LinuxVNC exports text. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | VNCommand <command> <args> |
| 13 | executes <command> redirecting stdin from a vncviewer and stdout & |
| 14 | stderr to the vnc clients. This might be renamed to vncTerm if |
| 15 | there are some term capabilities added (up to now, bash doesn't look |
| 16 | nice). Colours and other ANSI sequences need to be added. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | My original plan was to create a program named vncTerm. It was meant to |
| 19 | overcome incompatibilities between different TERMs, but I found "screen" to |
| 20 | be just such a program. Maybe once some time in the future I'll make a |
| 21 | patch for screen to use VNConsole to export it's contents via RFB... |
| 22 | |
| 23 | These two programs are a simple application of LibVNCServer with a small |
| 24 | console layer in between (VNConsole). You can use them under the terms |
| 25 | (not vncTerms ;-) of the GPL. They where written by Johannes E. Schindelin. |