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You just gave yourself away as one of the lead programmers of lab126 with that bit of logic. "... I haven't tried it. I still like XFCE better." Yup, haven't tried it, but already can determine which you like better. A certain sign of "lab126 lead programmer" logic. |
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@knc1: aawww. Don't be cruel.
I've just installed Debian testing(=jessie) on my new laptop (because anything older just won't run properly), and to tell the truth, I don't even know what it uses. I guess it's Gnome3 - looks and feels different from what I used before. I liked the Mint LXDE editions. Last edited by ixtab; 09-13-2013 at 12:27 AM. |
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Mint LXDE here. FTW!
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I did try it, yesterday. The VM is still running right now. But in any case, |
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09-15-2013, 10:45 AM | #441 |
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Some improvement...
It looks like the problem was chiefly one of there being no good vnc servers on OS X.
Here's a really, really roundabout solution which works better than a 'direct' connection in OS X, ironically.... * The best vnc server for the job appears to be TigerVNC, but specifically the Linux version. TigerVNC has Windows & Mac viewers too; but the server works only on Linux. (So, no use building it from source, if you're on a Mac.) Check out their wiki: TigerVNC. It looks like they're pouring a lot of effort into making the RFB server more efficient. TigerVNC is also a *lot* more customizable. The most useful customization for my purposes was setting the *color depth*. I set this to the lowest value (8). It creates a virtual desktop, allowing you to run whatever window manager you like on it. I find twm somewhat annoying, so I went with OpenBox; it works amazing. In my setup, Linux Mint runs inside a VM. (Side note: It looks like some distros don't 'play nice' with TigerVNC; it works great so far on Mint.) I first ssh, from OS X into Mint(VM), forwarding Mint's 5901 to OS X's 5902. I then ssh, from the Kindle into OS X, forwarding the Kindle's 5903 to OS X's 5902. I then run kindlevncviewer on the Kindle, with the setting -encodings hextile, to connect to Kindle's localhost:3 I then run OS X's built in vnc viewer (Command-K from the Finder, then enter URL) to connect to localhost:2. I control the mouse & keyboard from this second vnc window on OS X. It's a shame for the Mac, really, that this works better than a native server. |
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awesome write up and tips.
As an aside: Did you implement the kindle side click-thru also? That's a neat feature. As a further aside. It is my experience that Apple have never been very big into "screen-scrape", for whatever reason. Heck, it's banned in iPhone apps lol Last edited by twobob; 09-15-2013 at 11:02 AM. |
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Has anyone got this working on Win 8 pro?
I got as far as installing USB Networking and setting up VNC server. Kindle is no longer recognized as a storage device, but the USB device does not show in Network Connections either. Would appreciate guidance as I am really keen to set it up as a secondary screen to help reduce eye strain. |
10-17-2013, 02:35 AM | #444 |
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That's really more about USB networking. Probably a driver issue?
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15900420/PW-pump
EXPERIMENTAL inversion pump for the PW. replaces need for eips. fixes colors. just run it in parallel with the viewer. [root@kindle root]# /mnt/us/PW-pump Quote:
POSSIBLE ERRORS: /mnt/us # /mnt/us/PW-pump Quote:
meh, it's experimental. currently I'm just testing it. As you can see from the screen shot the image /thinks/ it is still b&w... but on the screen you see the correct colour inversion. : ) Other then me breaking it this is the work of seaniko, Freescale and Hawhill. And probably a bunch of other people too... (It's gpl so I think I need to include the source) Header: https://github.com/hwhw/kindlevncvie...nclude/mxcfb.h Spoiler:
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Tricks to make a Kindle external monitor more effective for daily usage
Hi all and many thanks for your great contributions.
Since I really cannot use my Laptop with backlight at the evening, following this thread I just bought a brand new kindle DX. I then followed all your instructions and successfully managed to connect the Kindle to have an external monitor for my laptop. Nice (your) job! Let me make clear first that although I like Linux, I need to work with Windows (now I have Windows 8 but I might change it) for many reasons. Now I have a configuration that works well enough for my purpose, however it seems to me that there is space for improvement: 1) Both laptop LCD and external VGA do not have a resolution that matches exactely with the Kindle. I have spent hours to find a solution: change the resolution for the external VGA in Windows 8, even creating a custom monitor .inf, however it did not work; find a VNC server that works with a virtual Windows desktop, however I did not find one that worked. Does anyone have a solution to have a VNC server sending a virtual desktop with resolution 1200x824 to the Kindle? 2) I do not care if the refresh is slow, however the behaviour of the mouse obviously makes the usage a bit tiring and difficult, although perfectly feasible. Do you have any configuration or trick to have ONLY the mouse movement more fluent? I chose the Kindle DX because I knew of its excellent screen and because I understood from your posts that the solution was available and reliable, however I am very open to change device, so please do not hesitate to give me some different advice, for example change for the M92 and so on! (I can still return the Kindle DX without costs) Thanks in advance for your support! |
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I guess making the mouse cursor having no shadow and being purely black/white would be all you can do to make it fast. I agree, it's no fun to use the mouse.
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Kindle4NT+Windows XP(virtualbox)+MouseEmulator+FreeVirtualKeyboard = Full control !
But there is a problem ; I don't know how to edit config.lua on my K4nt for :
K4 CONTROLS .....K4 KEYS.....WXP CONTROLS prev page right....109...........Numpad (2) next page right....191...........Numpad (1) prev page left......193..........Verr Num next page left......104..........Numpad (3) back...................158.........ESCAPE keyboard.............29...........Verr Num menu..................139.........WINDOWS button home..................102 centre................194.........ENTER left....................105.........Numpad (8) right..................106.........Numpad (5) up.....................103.........Numpad (6) down.................108.........Numpad (4) Instead make long explanations, you can send a config.lua edited on this topic, it will probably avoid a lot of problems. I thank you in advance. |
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It would be better if you just learned to edit the file. Then you would not have to come back here every time you wanted a change made. |
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E-ink external monitor
I am an entrepreneur that is currently developing a dedicated e-ink external monitor that is easy to use and dedicated to being the best possible monitor solution (not an e-reader). I am reaching out to people who seem interested in a product like this.
I would love to hear your thoughts on how you personally would like such a product to work. At this point in my development your input could become real-world features. Hit me with comment and we could have a talk! Best, - Magnus PS: I'm posting on a couple of threads like this, sorry if some of you might see this message other places as well. |
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