1 2 In this stage (beta), there are two programs functional: 3 4 LinuxVNC <tty number> 5 monitor a virtual console (text mode) of Linux. You need 6 root privileges, or at least be in the "tty" group, because 7 it reads /dev/vcsN and writes /dev/ttyN. 8 It follows the same idea as WinVNC, x11vnc or OSXvnc, i.e. it 9 takes an existing desktop and exports it via RFB (VNC), just that 10 LinuxVNC exports text. 11 12 VNCommand <command> <args> 13 executes <command> redirecting stdin from a vncviewer and stdout & 14 stderr to the vnc clients. This might be renamed to vncTerm if 15 there are some term capabilities added (up to now, bash doesn't look 16 nice). Colours and other ANSI sequences need to be added. 17 18 My original plan was to create a program named vncTerm. It was meant to 19 overcome incompatibilities between different TERMs, but I found "screen" to 20 be just such a program. Maybe once some time in the future I'll make a 21 patch for screen to use VNConsole to export it's contents via RFB... 22 23 These two programs are a simple application of LibVNCServer with a small 24 console layer in between (VNConsole). You can use them under the terms 25 (not vncTerms ;-) of the GPL. They where written by Johannes E. Schindelin. 26
