Re: Problems with VNC 4.1.2 on Aurora 1.0

On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 06:31 -0500, Calvin Webster wrote:
> Has anyone successfully built and used VNC 4.1.2 on Aurora 1.0?
> 
> I recently attempted this using vnc-4_1_2-unixsrc.tar.gz from vnc.com
> and XFree86 4.2.1 source from xfree86.org with a patch from vnc source.
> The build, using steps in the vnc source, took a few hours but went
> without incident. However, subsequent connections to virtual displays
> caused the machine to lock up requiring power cycle to release. VNC
> configuration on this Aurora machine is identical to that of other RHEL
> 4 & RHL 9 machines on our network.
> 
> I'm thinking that the freeze may be caused by some difference between
> the XFree86-4.2.1-13.73.23sparc source and that which I downloaded from
> xfree86.org. If there was a difference, Xvnc executable and vnc.so
> functions would not match the running X server.
> 
> If no one has built VNC 4.1.2 for Aurora 1.0, would success be more
> likely using the "xc" tree from XFree86-4.2.1-13.73.23sparc?

To be fair, I haven't looked at the 1.0 tree in eons. If memory serves,
making VNC work in that tree was painful. Keep in mind that Aurora 1.0
== RHL 7.3.

I don't have any systems still running 1.0, all of my Aurora timeslices
have gone towards 3.0 of late.

Sorry,

~spot

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