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