tightvnc-server problems on amd64

Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:05:23 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.cooker.amd64
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

There are several reports in this list about the Xvnc program, crashing with a 
segmentation fault on Mandriva 2006.0, and there are even more around the net 
with the same issue for other distros. I can confirm it, using the package 
tightvnc-server-1.2.9-6mdk.x86_64.rpm as found in 2006.0 media repositories  
and Cooker. 

I've opened a bug report, which you can find here:
http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21803

This is a serious bug, and prevents this functionality from being used in this 
architecture. Even worse if you think that amd64 is a really nice server  
platform, and VNC is a common way to access and manage those machines.

I've done some research, and have this program working in my test machine. You 
can find more details at the bug report, and fixed RPMs here:

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/plcl/mandriva/tightvnc-server.html

Please help if you are interested, testing the packages and voting the bug. 
Thanks.

Regards,
Pedro