Kobo-network-display-viewer

A way to use your Kobo to display the screen of your computer on it.

I had an idea an evening of August. I've thought that I could use NiLuJe's excellent FBInk library to display the screen of a computer on a recent Kobo device. I ended up finishing a program in 3 hours that replaced continuously live screenshots of the screen via SCP on the /tmp directory of a Kobo device. FBInk would then display the image, over and over as it gets replaced. That works well, except that it's very slow.

Installation

Install instructions are here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332585 I resume:
1. Download the script here on GitHub or at Mobileread.
2. Install NiLuJe's excellent FBInk and SSH bundle for Kobos here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254214
3. Hook up your Kobo to a WiFi network or via USBNet and write down its IP address.
4. In your Linux computer (that is connected to the Internet), type './kobodisplay.sh' on a terminal. Write the IP and resolution information of your Kobo and you're good to go!