The relevant wiki page was updated and now describes both methods. - Zvi
Walter Bender wrote: > Zvi's method is different than the one we documented. It'd be good to > have both options available. > > -walter > > On 4/18/07, Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Documented in the wiki is a procedure to remote an entire Sugar session >> to a remote display using X. >> >> See: >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_Display >> >> For details. >> - Jim >> >> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 13:11 +0300, Zvi Devir wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I've just gave two nice presentations of the XO machine at the Haifa >> > Linux Club and at Google Haifa/Israel. I decided it will be more >> > interesting to run the presentation slides from the XO machine itself. >> > It took the audience some time to realize that, which added magic to >> the >> > lecture. Since the XO machine was literally with no strings >> attached, it >> > was really a wireless presentation ;) >> > >> > The trick is to install RealVNC, and run x0vncserver on the XO machine. >> > A second machine, with a proper VGA port, is connected to the same Wifi >> > network, and is running a vncviewer that clones the XO display. >> > >> > >> > Here are the details for those who are interested. >> > 1. Fetch the vnc-server rpm (I've used >> vnc-server-4.1.2-9.fc6.1386.rpm), >> > and install it (--nodeps). >> > 2. Create a password file using vncpasswd. >> > >> > Before the presentation, >> > 3. Open a developer console. >> > 4. Run the x0vnceserver *nicely* from the developer terminal (as the >> > server should clones the current display). I was using the following >> > command: >> > nice -19 x0vncserver PasswordFile=~olpc/.vnc/passwd & ; disown >> > It is possible to run the x0vncserver in "viewing only" mode by >> > providing the following additional options >> > AcceptPointerEvents=0 AcceptKeyEvents=0 >> > I simply created a small script file for that. >> > 5. Check your current IP address (ifconfig eth0). >> > 6. Close the console. >> > >> > 7. In the other machine, run the vnc client. >> > vncviewer 192.168.xxx.xxx FullScreen=1 ViewOnly=1 >> > (replace the 192.168.xxx.xxx with your XO IP address). >> > >> > >> > However, running the vnc server took almost 100% CPU, for no apparent >> > reason. Therefore, it must be run very very nicely (nice +19), since >> > otherwise nothing else can be executed without the watchdog starting to >> > bark. I don't know if it is a x0vncserver bug, or some problems with >> > Sugar that send some messages all the time. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Zvi Devir >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Devel mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> -- >> Jim Gettys >> One Laptop Per Child >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
