Re: [FreeRDP-devel] FreeRDP without xorg
Thanks for the reply to my inquiry, Thomas. I am actually looking into Wayland now to see if it would work, but I also have never used it and do not know how large it is with regard to its footprint. On that note and if Wayland is not an option, then I may also consider trying to get the last version of FreeRDP that had Direct Framebuffer support and reviatalizing it to try and make it work for my project. For me, super ultra-small is the name of the game here since it would be the only graphical application running on the system and I really do not want any try pfo xserver if I do not have to add it. Cheers On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 7:14 AM Thomas Erbesdobler wrote: > --- Sorry if someone (Lonnie) receives this email twice. I had to resend > it because It did not manage to use the mailing list properly. --- > > Hi Lonnie, > > > I think the DirectFB client was removed in commit > fff22f027b510f5fcde99d01e446c429eb7e5193 almost two years ago because it > was unmaintained. I don't think it would compile with current master out > of the box, however I'm not sure how many adaptions would be needed. But > it was the first thing that came to my mind, too, when I read your > initial email. > > Did you try the Wayland client already? I'm not a Wayland user but it > claims to not suffer from ancient protocols like Xorg does and therefore > require a lot fewer packages. Not sure how good wlfreerdp works by now > and how many features it has compared to xfreerdp, but it's probably > easier to extend it compared to porting dfreerdp to a recent version of > FreeRDP. > > Cheers, > Thomas > > On 14.07.20 18:15, Lonnie Cumberland via FreeRDP-devel wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > As a follow up to this, I have been doing some research and it seems that > > FreeRDP does, or at least did, have a DirectFB version. > > > > Is it still possible to build and run that with the latest FreeRDP? > > > > Thanks > > Lonnie > > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:50 AM Lonnie Cumberland > > wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I am investigating the use of FreeRDP for a project that is to be an > >> Ultra-Thin (small footprint) RDP client ISO that only has FreeRDP, a > >> kernel, and enough libraries to run the graphics. > >> > >> It's an ultra-small self contained RDP/VNC client with that as the only > >> application on the complete distro. > >> > >> I was wondering if anyone has seen such a small distro already? > >> > >> Also, since xorg seems to be huge and has a LOT of requirements, I am > >> wondering if there is some other way to run FreeRDP with some other > type of > >> graphic server? > >> > >> Maybe a GUI library along the embedded approach or something, but I do > not > >> know and am just trying to get some ideas here. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Lonnie > >> > >> > > ___ > > FreeRDP-devel mailing list > > FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel > > > > > ___ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
Re: [FreeRDP-devel] FreeRDP without xorg
Thanks for the link, Mkie. I will also look at it as well. On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:16 PM Mike Dunn via FreeRDP-devel < freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi Lonnie, > > Check out Thinstation, https://thinstation.github.io/thinstation/ It > still uses xorg, but the builds are small. > > > ___ > FreeRDP-devel mailing list > FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel > ___ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
Re: [FreeRDP-devel] FreeRDP without xorg
Hi Lonnie, Check out Thinstation, https://thinstation.github.io/thinstation/ It still uses xorg, but the builds are small. ___ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
Re: [FreeRDP-devel] FreeRDP without xorg
Hi Joashim, Yea, I looked at it in the past, but for my particular project, I need to have a FreeRDP with probably no xserver and just found out about a DirectFB version of FreeRDP that worked at some point. This is an extremely interesting possible approach for me to use on a very small FreeBSD distro. Cheers On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:15 PM Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > Hi All, > > As a follow up to this, I have been doing some research and it seems that > FreeRDP does, or at least did, have a DirectFB version. > > Is it still possible to build and run that with the latest FreeRDP? > > Thanks > Lonnie > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:50 AM Lonnie Cumberland > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I am investigating the use of FreeRDP for a project that is to be an >> Ultra-Thin (small footprint) RDP client ISO that only has FreeRDP, a >> kernel, and enough libraries to run the graphics. >> >> It's an ultra-small self contained RDP/VNC client with that as the only >> application on the complete distro. >> >> I was wondering if anyone has seen such a small distro already? >> >> Also, since xorg seems to be huge and has a LOT of requirements, I am >> wondering if there is some other way to run FreeRDP with some other type of >> graphic server? >> >> Maybe a GUI library along the embedded approach or something, but I do >> not know and am just trying to get some ideas here. >> >> Cheers, >> Lonnie >> >> ___ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
[FreeRDP-devel] FreeRDP without xorg
Hi All, I am investigating the use of FreeRDP for a project that is to be an Ultra-Thin (small footprint) RDP client ISO that only has FreeRDP, a kernel, and enough libraries to run the graphics. It's an ultra-small self contained RDP/VNC client with that as the only application on the complete distro. I was wondering if anyone has seen such a small distro already? Also, since xorg seems to be huge and has a LOT of requirements, I am wondering if there is some other way to run FreeRDP with some other type of graphic server? Maybe a GUI library along the embedded approach or something, but I do not know and am just trying to get some ideas here. Cheers, Lonnie ___ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
