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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