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remarkable2 framebuffer reversing

10 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 0 stories, 10 comments · first 2020-11-17 · latest 2026-06-03

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  1. …solutions I explored: 1) You can try and consume (and possibly write to) the frame buffer directly. https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer was my starting point. This gets you instant updates about what's going on. I guess you…
  2. …that code, either to change behavior (rmhacks) or to act like a display driver for other software: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer The rest has been released a few times, though last I checked it was quite out of date. Far…
    comment by Groxx · 2026-02-05 · in Remarkable Pro Colors
  3. …1. https://github.com/reMarkable/linux 2. http://www.davisr.me/projects/parabola-rm/ 3. https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer
    comment by Eeems · 2023-08-26 · in E-ink is so Retropunk
  4. …keep hacking [0]: https://remarkable.guide/devel/index.html [1]: https://rmkit.dev/apps/sas [2]: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer/ [3]: https://github.com/matteodelabre/waved
    comment by raisjn · 2023-08-26 · in E-ink is so Retropunk
  5. …We get around this by just piggybacking on the build in application's screen display routines[0] https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer
  6. …the way this works but for anyone interested, here is the link for the framebuffer workaround: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer On rM1 it was possible to write to the framebuffer directly, on rM2 it is not exposed as a…
  7. …good people are working hard on it though and it seems like it’ll be solved fairly soon. [0] [0] https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer/
  8. …the screen works has changed significantly. There are community projects that make it work though: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer
  9. It is, but we are still working on sorting out the screen. You can follow progress here: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer
  10. Anything that uses the screen on the reMarkable will not work on the rM2 yet. https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer is being worked on to address that.