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diff --git a/network/x11spice/README b/network/x11spice/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a273afe9a726 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/x11spice/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +x11spice connects a running X server as a Spice server. + +It owes a debt to the excellent x11vnc project, from the libvncserver +project. That project proved that this could be done, and done well. +Some of the logic, notably that of scan.c, was inspired by the code +in x11vnc. + +Example: launch a spice server on a remote pc (where x11spice is +installed) via ssh, redirect the output locally and connect to it with +spicy + + ssh $remote_host -L 5900:localhost:5900 "x11spice --allow-control --display :0 --password=whatever" + +and then locally + + spicy -h localhost -p 5900 |