I've just discovered Zapek's excellent ZVNC client, which allows mouse/keyboard sharing without the overhead of streaming display data to the client.

Unfortunately, it seems that the trackpad on the Powerbook behaves differently from an ordinary mouse: when using trackpad, mouse cursor movements are not transmitted to the server (the pointer stays in the same fixed position), although mouse button-presses and keyboard events are still transmitted.
If I use a USB mouse on the Powerbook, all works as expected.

Has anyone found a workaround for this (aside from using a USB mouse connected to the powerbook)?

Touchpad events use a new InputEvent subtype, so they won't work until zvnc supports that (unlikely I guess).

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Thanks for the explanation.
I don't suppose it's as simple as replacing IECLASS_POINTERPOS in the source code with the new subtype is it?

You would need (in source) check for the new trackpad inputevent and transform that into whatever format is used in VNC protocol.

Should be doable for anybody with basic Amiga coding experience and some time.

[ Edited by Kronos 13.01.2013 - 19:00 ]

@Kronos

I have the time... just not the experience.

Thanks to Jaca & Kronos for support on IRC, ZVNC will now work with Powerbook trackpad as well as a standard mouse. Just needed minor changes & recompile.

Am just waiting for confirmation that it's ok to modify/distribute if its useful for anyone (the included license says 'Yes', but the copyright notice in the .readme says 'no').

Just heard back from Zapek:

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ZVNC 1.5.1 is now uploaded to Aminet, and should be available soon.

[ Edited by boot_wb 14.01.2013 - 11:34 ]