> Is it possible to create a "fake" VNC server? I'm sure it is, but has > anyone done it, or are there any comments on what would need to be done. > > Lets say I have an embedded device with no display whatsoever (not even any > display hardware), connected via Ethernet. I want to use the Java Viewer > (or any viewer, really) and connect to this device to view a bunch of > screens that have been created *somewhere* in the embedded device by an > application that I've written to handle all the mouse and keyboard events > coming over the network. No changes to the viewer really, but a server for > completely abstract display.
I'm doing this, with a Linux server. It boots/runs in character-based mode. But the vnc server is graphical, running a graphical application. "Nothing to it." This works because vnc server on Unix contains the functionality of an X server. In my case... the graphical application is a Windows application, running under Wine, which is an open source project that enables Linux to run Windows programs. The result of all of this? A Linux server, without any graphical capability, functioning as a multi-user application server for a Windows app to a bunch of clients running the vncviewer. Pretty cool! But I can't take any credit for it. That goes to the Wine and VNC developers. -Lee Allen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
