KOA Use kindle as an extra terminal screen

unidevel · 12-15-2018, 02:41 AM

I happen to notice the screen can share its session to others, by using usbnet, , kterm, ssh on kindle, and screen sshd on my mac, I successfully turn the kindle as an extra display of terminal.

The core idea is setup sshd on PC, then connect kindle using usbnet, and from kterm ssh back to PC then start screen to attach existing session.

Here is the details:

1. setup sshd, setup ssh key pairs, put public key to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys

2. On PC, start screen with a named session - kindle

Code:

screen -S kindle

3. Open another terminal to launch ssh to kindle from PC, copy private key to /mnt/us/usbnet/etc/id_rsa

4. then create 2 files to /mnt/us (the root of kindle usb stroage), one named kterm.sh to launch kterm with some special settings(no keyboard, mini font, rotate etc)

Code:

/mnt/us/extensions/kterm/bin/kterm -k 0 -o R -f mono -s 7 -e /mnt/us/mirror.sh

another one named mirror.sh, (replace <user> and <host>)

Code:

ssh -t -i /mnt/us/usbnet/etc/id_rsa <user>@<host> -- screen -x kindle

5. in the terminal(on PC side) which connected to kindle, start the kterm.sh

Code:

/mnt/us/kterm.sh

6. Now whatever you do in kindle terminal (onPC, step 2), the kindle will output the same in kindle as the screenshot below.

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NiLuJe · 12-15-2018, 11:18 AM

There's also a tmux build in the USBNet package, to avoid the second coming of the holy war

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12-15-2018, 02:41 AM	#1
unidevel Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Kindle voyage	Use kindle as an extra terminal screen I happen to notice the screen can share its session to others, by using usbnet, , kterm, ssh on kindle, and screen sshd on my mac, I successfully turn the kindle as an extra display of terminal. The core idea is setup sshd on PC, then connect kindle using usbnet, and from kterm ssh back to PC then start screen to attach existing session. Here is the details: 1. setup sshd, setup ssh key pairs, put public key to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys 2. On PC, start screen with a named session - kindle Code: screen -S kindle 3. Open another terminal to launch ssh to kindle from PC, copy private key to /mnt/us/usbnet/etc/id_rsa 4. then create 2 files to /mnt/us (the root of kindle usb stroage), one named kterm.sh to launch kterm with some special settings(no keyboard, mini font, rotate etc) Code: /mnt/us/extensions/kterm/bin/kterm -k 0 -o R -f mono -s 7 -e /mnt/us/mirror.sh another one named mirror.sh, (replace <user> and <host>) Code: ssh -t -i /mnt/us/usbnet/etc/id_rsa <user>@<host> -- screen -x kindle 5. in the terminal(on PC side) which connected to kindle, start the kterm.sh Code: /mnt/us/kterm.sh 6. Now whatever you do in kindle terminal (onPC, step 2), the kindle will output the same in kindle as the screenshot below.

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12-15-2018, 11:18 AM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	There's also a tmux build in the USBNet package, to avoid the second coming of the holy war .

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