RemoteInk - a tool for using PocketBook e-reader as a computer monitor

[mobama]

I am looking for a way to get my Pocketbook Inkpad to work as an external monitor for computer.

It looks like RemoteInk aims to do something different: Control the computer via ereader's touchscreen. (Correct me if I am wrong, I have not tried RemoteInk yet.)

I need the opposite: To control the e-reader from the computer the way computers control displays/monitors.

After connecting the ereader with my Linux computer, I would like to be able to run xrandr in the computer to detect the ereader as an external display and set it up accordingly.

Has somebody here managed to do it? Can this be done with RemoteInk?

[hx0]

Just to clarify, RemoteInk can't be used to control the computer via the ereader's touchscreen. It only receives the image of the computer screen and shows it on the ereader. There is also a handful of features to cleverly select which part of the image to show.

Unfortunately, it doesn't simulate a real monitor for your OS, so you won't be able to use xrandr.

[ormus23]

Can anyone tell me whether this is going to work with PocketBook InkPad 3?

[v1s]

Anyone have the VNC client for Pocketbook the link on the git is not working.

[Voronko]

Still interested in setting this up to make use of the old 902 I have lying around. Having issues with resolving dependencies on Ubuntu 24. Some libs used in the make file are at least 10 years old. Any help making it work again please?

[orontee]

Originally Posted by Voronko

Still interested in setting this up to make use of the old 902 I have lying around. Having issues with resolving dependencies on Ubuntu 24. Some libs used in the make file are at least 10 years old. Any help making it work again please?

Hi,

In taranis sources, you'll find a Containerfile and instructions to fetch and install the SDK to build whatever you want (see the CONTRIBUTING.md file). Instructions are given to build the GNU Scientific Library and taranis itself, but you should be able to build RemoteInk too.

Beware that RemoteInk relies on X11, thus the Linux host must have an X11 server running which isn't always the case anymore, we're in the wayland era now...

EDIT: Sorry too much enthusiasm: No problem to build the server; For the client, compilation is ok but the linker fails to find a symbol in the libc... No immediate solution for me...