[gentoo-user] Fake Dual-Head with VNC?

[gentoo-user] Fake Dual-Head with VNC?

[Tim Garton]

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Anybody know if this is possible?  I have a single-head graphics card
capable of doing 2048x1536.  I want to start X with a virtual desktop
of 2048x768, make my ViewPort be the left half of said desktop, start
x11vnc using the "-clip" option so that it only shows the right half of
said desktop, and then use an old beater laptop to act as a view-only
VNC client that connects to the x11vnc instance.  I think it will work,
my only question is is there a way to prevent the ViewPort from moving
around in X as you move the mouse?

Tim

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Re: [gentoo-user] Fake Dual-Head with VNC?

[Tim Igoe]

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Tim Garton wrote:
> Anybody know if this is possible?  I have a single-head graphics card
> capable of doing 2048x1536.  I want to start X with a virtual desktop
> of 2048x768, make my ViewPort be the left half of said desktop, start
> x11vnc using the "-clip" option so that it only shows the right half of
> said desktop, and then use an old beater laptop to act as a view-only
> VNC client that connects to the x11vnc instance.  I think it will work,
> my only question is is there a way to prevent the ViewPort from moving
> around in X as you move the mouse?
>
> Tim 
It sounds like Synergy would be a better solution to what you are trying
to do (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/). I don't use it myself, but I
was looking into it when I've sorted my laptop out, to use it as an
extension of my screen.

Tim

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Re: [gentoo-user] Fake Dual-Head with VNC?

[Randy Barlow]

Tim Igoe wrote:
> It sounds like Synergy would be a better solution to what you are trying
> to do (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/). I don't use it myself, but I
> was looking into it when I've sorted my laptop out, to use it as an
> extension of my screen.

This was actually the first thought that came into my head too, but
Synergy just lets you use one mouse and keyboard on two computers.
Meaning that what he will see on the laptop screen will be running on
the laptop and not on the desktop (which is what the VNC solution would
effectively do).  Though I will give a shout out to Synergy - it's a
really awesome utility and I use it a lot!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Fake Dual-Head with VNC?

[Tim Garton]

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Yeah, Synergy sounds like x2x or x2vnc, both of which I had already looked
at.  I will check it out though, thanks for the heads up.

Tim

On 10/31/06, Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com> wrote:
>
> Tim Igoe wrote:
> > It sounds like Synergy would be a better solution to what you are trying
> > to do (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/). I don't use it myself, but I
> > was looking into it when I've sorted my laptop out, to use it as an
> > extension of my screen.
>
> This was actually the first thought that came into my head too, but
> Synergy just lets you use one mouse and keyboard on two computers.
> Meaning that what he will see on the laptop screen will be running on
> the laptop and not on the desktop (which is what the VNC solution would
> effectively do).  Though I will give a shout out to Synergy - it's a
> really awesome utility and I use it a lot!
>
> --
> Randy Barlow
> http://www.electronsweatshop.com
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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