Use the reader as secondary display when connected via USB

[ivansanchez]

I would like to be able to use my V3 in a way similar to lcdproc when attached to my computer via USB cable. Example uses would be system load info, a photo frame, a plain clock, or a RSS or twitter feed.

I think that a straightforward way of achieving this would be to connect the reader as a USB-storage device, and then upload a image (png?) file with a special name. The reader would then not write the file, but show it instead.

[javitonino]

It's possible to do that with the current configuration, just use the fact that OpenInkpot is running a X server. Configure the network as in Documentation/ConnectViaSSH and from the host computer launch a program like:

DISPLAY=192.168.111.1:0 xclock

or

DISPLAY=192.168.111.1:0 xterm -e top

You can run whatever runs in a X server just as easily.

[ivansanchez]

Didn't know that OpenInkpot shipped with a remote X server accepting incoming connections.

Remote X plus xloadimage is a wonderful way to achieve what I wanted. I'll be writing up a small wiki page about that.