08-12-2022, 08:05 AM | #1 |
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A true VNC viewer (client) for Kobo
Hello,
I wrote a VNC viewer optimised for eInk screens and text workflows. It achieves 30 fps. Full screen updates break that framerate slightly, but no matter. Please see the video and link below. Read the entire document (github readme) before trying it out, please. It mentions, among other things, that the only supported server is TightVNC. Link to the repository (binary available): https://github.com/everydayanchovies/eink-vnc Demonstration video: https://zmarshall.nl/static/einkvnc_demo_kobo.webm Cheers, Max |
08-12-2022, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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Interesting project, interesting video.
I will probably adapt this for InkBox OS as an user app (https://inkbox.ddns.net/wiki/index.p..._GUI_user_apps) Great work! |
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08-12-2022, 09:05 AM | #3 |
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Can this VNC be used with NickelMenu to launch it? Also, how do you close it once it is launched?
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08-12-2022, 09:30 AM | #4 | |
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And you could make another entry if you wish, to kill it: "pkill einkvnc". |
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08-12-2022, 09:37 AM | #5 | |
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You're welcome it. Interesting project you've got going there. |
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08-12-2022, 10:41 AM | #6 | |
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A question: why and where on earth do you use MuPDF in a VNC viewer? ^^ EDIT: Also, has your binary been stripped? 5.89M is quite huge... Last edited by NiMa; 08-12-2022 at 10:47 AM. |
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10-27-2022, 04:22 PM | #7 |
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***UPDATE Dec 4*** NOW WORKING(see later comment)
Anyone manage to get this working on a Kobo Clara HD? I got a stack overflow error. The strace (from koreader terminal): Spoiler:
Last edited by elinkser; 01-07-2023 at 01:16 PM. Reason: Clean up spam - binary does in fact work -retried spoiler |
10-27-2022, 09:08 PM | #8 |
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At a quick glance, don't run this from within KOReader, our LD_LIBRARY_PATH is probably not playing ball.
(Also, you appear to have an old, old, old /mnt/onboard/.adds/koreader/libs/libgcc_s.so.1 in there, for some reason. I don't ever remember when we shipped that, but it's nasty, get rid of it). |
10-28-2022, 11:38 AM | #9 |
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Lol, that was a lib I copied from the Debian Jessie archive when I was trying to reuse old deb binaries for the Kobo.
Unfortunately, after removing that old libgcc_s and running einkvnc from telnet, I get similar strace: Spoiler:
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10-28-2022, 12:04 PM | #10 |
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@elinkser: Please check out the spoiler function (the eye with the X).
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10-28-2022, 12:42 PM | #11 |
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Maybe because I'm on a cheap phone with tiny screen but I don't see that.
From another post I see the word written as: Spoiler:
If that worked I will try that. Last edited by elinkser; 01-07-2023 at 01:17 PM. Reason: ok spoiler worked |
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Is the FW up to date?
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10-28-2022, 01:30 PM | #13 |
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I just updated to Software Version 4.34.20097 (cd4e1bb2c2, 9/15/22).
By the way, thanks for replying!I am a big fan of KOReader and install it everywhere including Pinephone! Question though: Is einkvnc actually working on your Clara HD? |
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Then I'm out of idea .
(Also, I don't have a Clara, and have never tried this. That libgcc_s just jumped at me and seemed like a good candidate for SPF ;p). |
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