Odd that you had this problem. Perhaps there was a connection timeout
setting in your VNC client?
On our system we are actually running a VNC client 24/7 in an unusual
setup. I actually have the local machine executing a VNC client as it's
only X-client on the local session for that login (a "detached" VNC
client starts up automatically earlier on in boot up). I do this
because I seem to get better remote VNC performance running a VNC
session that is not associated with an actual X session.
This arrangement actually saved us one time when for some reason the
X-server crashed (I think during a power dip that caused a glitch in the
video hardware). The station manager called me up, confused, and said
the main screen was black, yet the station was still on the air and he
didn't know why. I simply remote SSH'ed into the system, restarted the
display manager and it all came back with no interruption to the audience.
Anyway, I agree that controlling the core audio engine (CAED) remotely
as described to you would normally be the best solution, but requires
you to get Linux up an running on the 2nd computer, which for what you
have, should be no problem. An alternative would be to use a cheap
Android tablet, then your only reasonable choice would be the VNC idea
(although you can also use the remote X too because I stumbled across an
X server for Android a couple of years ago). The Android tablet would
be cheaper and more compact solution to your problem if interested. Of
course you can also use an iPad + VNC as well, or even an MS Surface
running Windows depending on your sanity.
You might need to play with settings in your ~/.vnc/startup file as if
you try to use the same login as your main workstation (which you might
need to if you are running Jack Audio), sometimes window managers gets
all confused dealing with a 2nd graphical login. I think I would simply
run rdpanel alone (as in NO window manager) for a true "kiosk" like
experience for that the normal login to that 2nd screen.
On 5/13/2015 7:39 AM, rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org wrote:
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 22:32:06 -0500
From: Keith Thelen<kthe...@kanabec.net>
To:rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org
Subject: [RDD] Interface on one machine, playout on another?
Hello all!
3) VNC trickery. Some months back I set up a VNC server that would immediately
present RDPanel to the client upon connection. It did work - but trying to keep
a VNC session open forever ended up being, ahem, challenging. Not a likely
choice this time around.
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