On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Przemek Klosowski <
przemek.klosow...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Mark Wendt <wendt.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Connect a USB cable between the tablet and the BBB, and have them talk
> >> to each other by network transport over USB, including doing remote X
> >> protocol to the server on the tablet. I described that couple of weeks
> >> ago in this list.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ah.  Must have missed that post.
>
> So I took an Android 7" tablet (Azpen A700)  that I got for $35 from
> MicroCenter, installed   X11 server from the Play Store:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=x.org.server&hl=en
>
> and ran a test program (attached) talking to the X server on the tablet
> via USB:
>
> DISPLAY=192.168.1.11:0  wish testbuttons.tcl
>
> It runs fine, although the mouse interaction is awkward (have to slide
> the cursor to the target first before tapping to click).
>


Neat!  Getting the X11 to play over USB is a pretty slick idea.  No video
bandwidth problems?
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