i spent way too many hours trying to fiddle with /etc/X11/xorg.conf trying to hook up various external projectors. too bad i didn't know this would solve all my problems.
Requires consolekit (works in e.g. Ubuntu). Here x11-display is DISPLAY Show Sample Output
It's useful when you cannot access your env (systemd) or the process DISPLAY variable is not set. Perhaps also when you have a multi-head/user configuration. Show Sample Output
to view on another box:
nc <server address> <port> | ffplay -
use -r to adjust FPS and -q to adjust compression. use on trusted network only as nc is unencrypted.
The above one liner can be used to determine what card/driver is Xorg currently using. For additional information, see http://goo.gl/mDnWu Show Sample Output
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