KindleVNC: A kindlet to view and control your remote PC desktop - Page 2

tsinghoo · 10-03-2011, 10:16 PM

PoP's explaination about the uninstall problem is totally right.

There is no need to run a uninstall update and then restart your kindle in order to remove KindleVNC. You can just remove it as to simply delete an article.

I am working on more comfortable keyboard/mouse control.

Thank you all for your feedback.

PoP · 10-04-2011, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomass

I think your keystore file should be included into the hack list thread also.

Will do.

Rockets00 · 10-20-2011, 09:52 AM

I have 3G enabled and still connection timeout in 30 seconds. Kindle 2 over USB.

hawhill · 10-20-2011, 01:39 PM

I think the Kindle firmware version 2 is more aggressively dropping TCP connections. I had the very same problem with the kindlevncviewer tool (non-Kindlet), so I made it using an endless loop of reconnection tries, and so in the best case the user won't notice. However, connections are dropped a lot. I think Amazon did this to prevent long-time TCP connections which would eat battery by preventing proper sleep modes. Some TCP ports are excluded from this cancellation, so that's why - say - via an USB network connection SSH works uninterrupted.

Maybe OP can adopt such a mechanism for his variant of VNC viewer.

Rockets00 · 10-20-2011, 02:49 PM

i tried ports 5900 and 5901. Which are excluded?

hawhill · 10-20-2011, 07:17 PM

Hm, I only know (believe with enough confidence, that is) of Port 22 (SSH) :-) I'll try to check again tomorrow (meaning within 24 hours from now). I think I remember seeing configuration files for the daemon (it's one of the special fit daemons started upon boot) that does this.

Tanga · 01-07-2012, 04:02 AM

Err, I have done both the installs, and neither one of them had a *.azw2 file anywhere...?

EDIT: Doh, the whitelist. I'm a fool. I added update_ss_trial to the whitelist and she worked. So far no go on the connection, but that's probably because I'm a VNC noob. I will be hanging with some geek mates this arvo, and so will give it a go then.

yoaaaaa · 02-04-2012, 05:14 PM

Hi, I paid $3 and installed the vnc on my kindle 3, connect to my pc via wifi, but the screen refresh rate is too slow to be useful, no where near the speed of this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdSRcZQoEJo

Is there anyway i can connect to vnc server via usb and make it faster?

thatworkshop · 02-12-2012, 09:29 PM

I tried to run this on Touch and here it goes:

Code:

./ufbvncd: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

so I created a symbolic link:

Code:

ln -s libjpeg.so libjpeg.so.62

and in vain hope of being successful, finally I got the following error:

Code:

ufbvncd: open_device> cannot open framebuffer device "/dev/fb/0"
ufbvncd: startup> cannot open device

which I guess confirms what geekmaster said about framebuffer difference between KT and other Kindles here.

So, is there anyway we can have VNC server on Touch?

funcky · 03-10-2012, 01:19 PM

i have the same issue as yoaaaaa, it works, but incredible slow!

geekmaster · 03-10-2012, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cscat

I tried to run this on Touch and here it goes:

Code:

./ufbvncd: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

so I created a symbolic link:

Code:

ln -s libjpeg.so libjpeg.so.62

and in vain hope of being successful, finally I got the following error:

Code:

ufbvncd: open_device> cannot open framebuffer device "/dev/fb/0"
ufbvncd: startup> cannot open device

which I guess confirms what geekmaster said about framebuffer difference between KT and other Kindles here.

So, is there anyway we can have VNC server on Touch?

/dev/fb/0 was an alias for /dev/fb0 that does not exist on newer kindles. Replace /dev/fb/0 with /dev/fb0 and you are golden, but you still have the "bits-per-pixel" and "line_length" details you must deal with. In a script, you can use eips -i|grep ... to extract that information. You can look at these scripts for examples:

K4 and Touch (ddplot): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1997659

Touch (touchpaint): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1989102

hippy dave · 08-20-2012, 10:13 PM

just found i can get this working on my kindle 4 after all

unpacked & installed manually, edited the external.policy, and ran the kindlet. no access to the virtual keyboard to edit the connection settings, but quitting the kindlet then editing /mnt/us/developer/KindleVNC/work/bm.properties to set the ip/port/password then restarting the kindlet solved that.

i first tried connecting to os x's built-in screen sharing, as someone earlier in the thread mentioned it worked for them, but for me the connection would immediately drop every time. tried an alternative vnc server on my mac (vine server) and it works perfectly

briant1234 · 08-20-2012, 11:20 PM

I have a question: How is exactly does this work? i mean how does it connect to your computer?? is it safe? and whats the difference between trial and full?

knc1 · 08-20-2012, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by briant1234

I have a question: How is exactly does this work? i mean how does it connect to your computer?? is it safe? and whats the difference between trial and full?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing

godblessfq · 09-22-2012, 01:19 PM

The program works like a charm. I am wondering if these features could be implemented:
1 Remove the the title bar (the bar that has "kindlevnc: press home to exit"), it takes precious space.
2 Zoom feature like the scale feature in many vncviewer. The current program left a lot space unused for low resolution screen.
3 portrait display. lt will be useful in reading pdfs. I can set a virtual monitor with 1200X824 resolution by zonescreen, then set it in portrait mode in ultramon, after that connect to the 2nd monitor via tightVNC, ideally I should get the destop without scrolling. I tried kindlevncviewer too, it also doesn't support the portrait mode.
Thank you for your consideration.

Ref.
http://www.zoneos.com/zonescreen.htm
It can create a virtual monitor with any resolution, like 1200X824 or 824X1200. Then you can set the vnc server to use that monitor, and set extended desktop in windows xp. Now you have an extra monitor and can drag any window to that desktop.

01-07-2012, 04:02 AM	#22
Tanga Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 5792 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kindle 3	Err, I have done both the installs, and neither one of them had a .azw2 file anywhere...? EDIT: Doh, the whitelist. I'm a fool. I added update_ss_trial to the whitelist and she worked. So far no go on the connection, but that's probably because I'm a VNC noob. I will be hanging with some geek mates this arvo, and so will give it a go then. Last edited by Tanga; 01-07-2012 at 07:21 PM.*

02-12-2012, 09:29 PM	#24
thatworkshop hub Posts: 715 Karma: 2151032 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Iranian in Canada Device: K3G, DXG, Kobo mini	I tried to run this on Touch and here it goes: Code: ./ufbvncd: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory so I created a symbolic link: Code: ln -s libjpeg.so libjpeg.so.62 and in vain hope of being successful, finally I got the following error: Code: ufbvncd: open_device> cannot open framebuffer device "/dev/fb/0" ufbvncd: startup> cannot open device which I guess confirms what geekmaster said about framebuffer difference between KT and other Kindles here. So, is there anyway we can have VNC server on Touch? Last edited by thatworkshop; 02-12-2012 at 09:52 PM.

09-22-2012, 01:19 PM	#30
godblessfq Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 7926 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: kindle dxg	Feature Suggestion The program works like a charm. I am wondering if these features could be implemented: 1 Remove the the title bar (the bar that has "kindlevnc: press home to exit"), it takes precious space. 2 Zoom feature like the scale feature in many vncviewer. The current program left a lot space unused for low resolution screen. 3 portrait display. lt will be useful in reading pdfs. I can set a virtual monitor with 1200X824 resolution by zonescreen, then set it in portrait mode in ultramon, after that connect to the 2nd monitor via tightVNC, ideally I should get the destop without scrolling. I tried kindlevncviewer too, it also doesn't support the portrait mode. Thank you for your consideration. Ref. http://www.zoneos.com/zonescreen.htm It can create a virtual monitor with any resolution, like 1200X824 or 824X1200. Then you can set the vnc server to use that monitor, and set extended desktop in windows xp. Now you have an extra monitor and can drag any window to that desktop.

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10-03-2011, 10:16 PM	#16
tsinghoo Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 2102 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle 3	PoP's explaination about the uninstall problem is totally right. There is no need to run a uninstall update and then restart your kindle in order to remove KindleVNC. You can just remove it as to simply delete an article. I am working on more comfortable keyboard/mouse control. Thank you all for your feedback.

10-20-2011, 09:52 AM	#18
Rockets00 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 6492 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle 2	I have 3G enabled and still connection timeout in 30 seconds. Kindle 2 over USB.

10-20-2011, 01:39 PM	#19
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	I think the Kindle firmware version 2 is more aggressively dropping TCP connections. I had the very same problem with the kindlevncviewer tool (non-Kindlet), so I made it using an endless loop of reconnection tries, and so in the best case the user won't notice. However, connections are dropped a lot. I think Amazon did this to prevent long-time TCP connections which would eat battery by preventing proper sleep modes. Some TCP ports are excluded from this cancellation, so that's why - say - via an USB network connection SSH works uninterrupted. Maybe OP can adopt such a mechanism for his variant of VNC viewer.

10-20-2011, 02:49 PM	#20
Rockets00 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 6492 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle 2	i tried ports 5900 and 5901. Which are excluded?

10-20-2011, 07:17 PM	#21
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Hm, I only know (believe with enough confidence, that is) of Port 22 (SSH) :-) I'll try to check again tomorrow (meaning within 24 hours from now). I think I remember seeing configuration files for the daemon (it's one of the special fit daemons started upon boot) that does this.

02-04-2012, 05:14 PM	#23
yoaaaaa Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: kindle 3	Hi, I paid $3 and installed the vnc on my kindle 3, connect to my pc via wifi, but the screen refresh rate is too slow to be useful, no where near the speed of this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdSRcZQoEJo Is there anyway i can connect to vnc server via usb and make it faster?

03-10-2012, 01:19 PM	#25
funcky Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 3 DXg	i have the same issue as yoaaaaa, it works, but incredible slow!

08-20-2012, 10:13 PM	#27
hippy dave Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 178472 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle 4	just found i can get this working on my kindle 4 after all unpacked & installed manually, edited the external.policy, and ran the kindlet. no access to the virtual keyboard to edit the connection settings, but quitting the kindlet then editing /mnt/us/developer/KindleVNC/work/bm.properties to set the ip/port/password then restarting the kindlet solved that. i first tried connecting to os x's built-in screen sharing, as someone earlier in the thread mentioned it worked for them, but for me the connection would immediately drop every time. tried an alternative vnc server on my mac (vine server) and it works perfectly

08-20-2012, 11:20 PM	#28
briant1234 Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 132550 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	I have a question: How is exactly does this work? i mean how does it connect to your computer?? is it safe? and whats the difference between trial and full?

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