[ale] how do I run, and control, X11 server on android tablet?

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Sam,

Thanks for that.  I got SO close.  Using the X Server app from the Google Play store by Darkside Technologies, I am able to get firefox to display on the tablet when I launch it from the pc.  However, while I can move the mouse by touching the screen, I cannot get any mouse clicks or keyboard input to affect the firefox program in any way from the tablet.  Not sure why.

Sincerely,

Ron


Sam Rakowski <devnull at iamdevnull.info> wrote:

>You would use export DISPLAY=192.168.50.5:0 in a terminal before
>executing whatever is your program with a gui. You can then run export
>DISPLAY=:0 to return it to normal. (Program windows going to your
>Ubuntu display)
>------Original Message------
>From: Ron Frazier (ALE)
>Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
>To: ALE Mailing List
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>Subject: [ale] how do I run, and control, X11 server on android tablet?
>Sent: Dec 29, 2012 15:31
>
>Hi all,
>
>I've been trying to figure out how to attach a program running in the
>GO 
>language to a GUI, since it doesn't have a built in GUI.  I've found a 
>couple of X11 server programs in the Google Play store entitled, 
>cleverly, X Server.  I'm wondering if I can run the X server on the 
>Android tablet and control or drive it remotely from another PC with a 
>GO program or even a bash script.  So, if I install the X Server
>program 
>on the tablet, and say its address is 192.168.50.5, and the pc's
>address 
>is 192.168.50.1, how do I run Ubuntu graphical apps (say Firefox?) on 
>the PC and have them appear on the tablet?  Furthermore, how do I use a
>
>program or script to drive the X11 server directly, so I can use the 
>tablet as the GUI for the GO program?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Ron


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