VNC server embedded into Xorg server

CyberLeo Kitsana cyberleo at cyberleo.net
Tue Oct 7 06:47:54 UTC 2008


Laszlo Nagy wrote:
> 
>  Hi All,
> 
> There was a port called net/vnc that contained a vnc.so file. That file
> could be loaded into the Xorg server and then I was able to monitor the
> X desktop with VNC.
> 
> Now I'm using gnome, and gnome2-fifth-toe installs tightvnc. It
> conflicts with net/vnc. So I cannot install net/vnc. What other options
> I have to run an X server?
> 
> The only extra wish is that the X server must be able to start
> automatically, e.g. without logging into gnome. I need this because the
> X server will be located at a distant location and I have to be able to
> use it after a system restart.

I use x11vnc (net/x11vnc), as it doesn't require loading anything into
the X server itself--it's a standard X client.

>From there, it wouldn't be difficult to hack together something that
starts x11vnc when the X server starts up. XDM and GDM tend to store
their X authority files in easy-to-find locations.

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