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meta: update X instructions with Tituya's setup

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@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ by forwarding VNC framebuffers through USB. It was made as a test of the new
USB driver features introduced in gint 2.10. The program also supports multiple
parallel monitors and can transmit key presses on calculators back to the PC.
* [Demo video with explanations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXAcUgodzik)
* [Another video of the setup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of1vAH6FpIs)
by Tituya
![](/images/triple-monitor-setup.jpg)
## How it works
@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ doesn't seem to be a unified method.
On X, [Xvfb](https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/man/man1/Xvfb.1.xhtml)
seems to allow this (but I'm not sure whether it can run alongside the normal
display).
display). Or you can use a section of your primary display (see below).
**Step 2: Exposing the virtual output on a VNC server**
@ -113,8 +117,14 @@ output, so I run two instances to get both monitors.
% wayvnc -o "HEADLESS-2" 127.0.0.1 5910
```
As the name suggests, wayvnc is for Wayland, but here I'm not worried about
X-based alternatives.
As the name suggests, wayvnc is for Wayland. There are alternatives on X, such
as [TigerVNC](https://tigervnc.org/). The following setup
([courtesy of Tituya](https://www.planet-casio.com/Fr/forums/topic17303-1-teaser-usb-utiliser-une-calto-comme-ecran-pour-son-pc.html#191111))
grabs grabs the top-left corner of the primary display:
```bash
% x0vncserver -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5910 -Geometry 394x224+0+150
```
**Step 3: Run the VNC client and calculator add-in**