Hi Alexander
I wonder why that existed in the first place. Thanks for the report
anyway. I guess it was a restriction in the beginning.
Best regards,
// Ola
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 07:47:06AM +1300, Alexander Taler wrote:
> Package: tightvncserver
> Version: 1.3.9-6.1+b1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
>
> The script /usr/bin/tightvncserver modifies provided geometry values so that
> widths are a multiple of 4, and heights a multiple of 2.
>
> My physical display is 1366x768, so this restriction prevents me from having
> a virtual desktop of the matching size.
>
> I have modified the script to remove this restriction and things are working
> fine. Here's a patch which removes the relevant restrictions:
>
> --- /tmp/tightvncserver 2010-10-19 02:13:22.000000000 +1300
> +++ /usr/bin/tightvncserver 2010-10-19 02:14:14.000000000 +1300
> @@ -406,14 +406,6 @@
> die "$prog: geometry $geometry is invalid\n";
> }
>
> - while (($width % 4)!=0) {
> - $width = $width + 1;
> - }
> -
> - while (($height % 2)!=0) {
> - $height = $height + 1;
> - }
> -
> $geometry = "${width}x$height";
> } else {
> die "$prog: geometry $geometry is invalid\n";
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages tightvncserver depends on:
> ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared
> lib
> ii libjpeg62 6b1-1 The Independent JPEG Group's
> JPEG
> ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
> ii libxext6 2:1.1.2-1 X11 miscellaneous extension
> librar
> ii perl 5.10.1-14 Larry Wall's Practical
> Extraction
> ii x11-common 1:7.5+6 X Window System (X.Org)
> infrastruc
> ii x11-utils 7.5+4 X11 utilities
> ii xauth 1:1.0.4-1 X authentication utility
> ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
>
> Versions of packages tightvncserver recommends:
> ii x11-xserver-utils 7.5+2 X server utilities
> ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.1 standard fonts for X
>
> Versions of packages tightvncserver suggests:
> pn tightvnc-java <none> (no description available)
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
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