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A. Dumas  wrote:
>On 25-03-2021 17:22, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> A. Dumas  wrote:
>>> - Gordon's RTB seems to have vanished from the repos but can be
>>> downloaded here:
>>> https://projects.drogon.net/rtb/rtb-download-and-install/ I just tried
>>> it and it still works, and it does GPIO, but unfortunately for OP it
>>> requires a graphical screen. (And to install libsdl-sound1.2 first, even
>>> if you don't use sound.)
>>
>> It should work on the console without any GUI running.
>>
>> Try running it with the -D flag:
>>
>>    rtb -D
>>
>> then looking at the list of modes it prints, then you can pick the
mode/resolution with
>>
>>    rtb -m X
>>
>> where X is the mode number listed from the -D command. Mode 0 is usually
>> the highest resolution one which is the default if you don't use the
>> -m flag.
>
>Right! Thanks. I looked at the documentation and did try the -D flag but
>I was another step removed, over ssh, and it just would not start. I
>have not tried forwarding the X-server, that seemed a little over the
>top for OP who intended it as a bash tool.

If you use ssh -X then it should also work, but it'll be slow. Running it over
VNC
also works.

Gordon

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