tablet or USB monitor as second display

nixIT · 2015-03-01 19:19:18

Hello all,

I am in the need to have a second monitor, and it needs to be a low profile monitor (about the size of a tablet). Has anyone had luck using a tablet as a secondary monitor in Arch? I tried Splashtop Streamer and that didn't work. I couldn't get the monitor to see my PC, which is connected to the network via physical wire.

I also saw TwomonUSB, anyone have experience with this?

--nixIT

EDIT: changed topic to reflect tablet or USB monitor to use as a second display.

Last edited by nixIT (2015-03-02 15:57:57)

AlgoJerViA · 2015-03-02 15:49:42

You probably want to use VNC.

nixIT · 2015-03-02 15:57:08

Isn't VNC used for taking control of a computer? If that's the case, this will not work in this situation, instead of taking control of my main computer from the tablet, I'd like to extend my desktop to it, or a second ultra thin monitor. From the looks of it, I may be looking at a second ultra thin monitor. I've seen some USB monitors out there, which have the right footprint.

Does anyone have any experience using USB monitors with Arch?

nixIT · 2015-03-02 17:55:52

Been reading up on VNC, and apparently, it can be set up to use the tablet as a second monitor. Has anyone done this with Arch? Any help would be appreciated. So far I have these two links for reference:

http://slackfa.blogspot.com/2014/02/use … ended.html

http://askubuntu.com/questions/28608/ho … nd-display

Any other tips are appreciated.

--nixIT

water · 2026-04-19 12:34:18

vkms is a software-only model of a kms driver.

Enable it by:
modprobe vkms

wayvnc is a Wayland VNC Server. It could select virtual output created by vkms.

wayvnc --output=Virtual-1 --disable-input --render-cursor 127.0.0.1

replace 127.0.0.1 with your IP address.

Android has RealVNC. Linux could use a lot of VNC viewer.

Secure Concern
It could use SSH port forward to secure VNC connection.
VNC server use port of 127.0.0.1 and ssh to phone/tablet to forward port.
Then VNC client could connect to 127.0.0.1 with forwarded port.
Terminus is a Android app that could run sshd.

ewaller · 2026-04-19 13:50:55

Water, welcome to the forums. Good information, but watch the age of threads; this was is about 11 years old.

I'm going to use this opportunity to close this old thread.

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tablet or USB monitor as second display

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