[GRLUG] Xoom as external monitor

[Don Ellis]

No luck plugging in an external monitor? That is the most common solution
I've seen (and I used it for a while, even though the laptop display was
just fine).

--Don Ellis


On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Eric Beversluis <
ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:

> My laptop (Lenovo/Ubuntu 10.04) has a dead screen, so I've been remote
> desktopping using NoMachine.
>
> Just wondering if it's somehow feasible to use my new Xoom as an
> external monitor for the Lenovo rather than trying to remote desktop in
> from the Xoom. So far I haven't had much luck with remote desktop.
> PocketCloud worked but it took about 15 seconds for each command to be
> carried out--hardly practical. The Teamviewer/Wine app on my Lenovo
> crashes as soon as I connect from the Xoom: I can see the desktop (but
> not the error message) and move the cursor but can't do anything from
> the Xoom.
>
> I've gotten as far as getting the laptop to connect with the Xoom, but
> that looks like it's basically a setup for transferring files between
> the two.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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