pocket pc as X screen?

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Dave Bender <codehero at gmail.com> wrote:
> I could probably phrase my need better. I would like to
>
> -Use PDA as an auxiliary display to Desktop.
> -Display an X screen on the PDA, operating much like TwinView. The
> mouse cursor would be able to move onto and interact with display.
> -not required to have PDA touchscreen input, just a dumb display
>
> Possible solutions
> I was not really thinking along the lines of DisplayLink or any kind
> of HID solution. Hopefully there is a userspace only solution more
> like:
>
> A:
> -a server running on the PDA providing a linux frame buffer
> -Desktop Xorg would incorporate this frame buffer as another screen
>
> OR
>
> B:
> -PDA runs an Xorg server, and Desktop Xorg incorporates this as a remote server
>

dmx should do what you want:
http://dmx.sourceforge.net/

Alex


> -Dave
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Wichmann, Mats D
> <mats.d.wichmann at intel.com> wrote:
>> xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I was wondering if there was a way to use a WiFi or USB connected
>>> CE/Mobile PocketPC as another X screen. It would be a good use for
>>> old PDAs.
>>
>> is there a way to teach the PocketPC to be a DisplayLink device?
>> that might be an avenue of so - but I suspect there is hardware
>> involved in such a setup that the old PDA wouldn't have.
>>
>>
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