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Tom Smith wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I installed "vnc" with the "server" USE flag enabled. I've been |
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> working on getting the vnc.so module loaded for X.org and now have it |
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> working. My question is, is this module a part of RealVNC or some |
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> other program? (I tried to locate a description of the use flags for |
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> VNC but was unable to.) |
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> Thanks in advance for the help. |
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Yes the vnc.so X module is part of the VNC package. AFAIK its purpose |
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is to implement the shared display # 0 functionality, where you can |
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start a VNC session and interact with the system's local ":0" X |
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display. That is, say that you're logged into the target machine itself |
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and have an X session running on it attached to the system's monitor/vid |
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card/KB/mouse. The vnc.so provides the functionality to attach to THAT |
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session. Note that not all VNC packages support this (notably TightVNC |
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doesn't, but RealVNC seems to, although I havn't tried it. There's also |
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'xf4vnc' and 'x11vnc' which appear to provide the functionality). |
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Perhaps the module is also used in the normal Xvnc session also, but |
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TightVNC doesn't even include the module and it implements Xvnc. |
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Normally, vncserver starts up its own X server (Xvnc) which uses a new X |
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display number which is completely independant of any X server which may |
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be running on the target system. Perhaps this is what you're really |
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looking for ? If so, it's very easy. Just run something like |
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'vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1024x768' and you'll be able to attach a |
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VNC viewer to the virtual X display by connecting the viewer to |
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"<hostname or IP>:1". |
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- Jim |
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