Tom Smith wrote:
Hi all,
I installed "vnc" with the "server" USE flag enabled. I've been
working on getting the vnc.so module loaded for X.org and now have it
working. My question is, is this module a part of RealVNC or some
other program? (I tried to locate a description of the use flags for
VNC but was unable to.)
Thanks in advance for the help.
Yes the vnc.so X module is part of the VNC package. AFAIK its purpose
is to implement the shared display # 0 functionality, where you can
start a VNC session and interact with the system's local ":0" X
display. That is, say that you're logged into the target machine itself
and have an X session running on it attached to the system's monitor/vid
card/KB/mouse. The vnc.so provides the functionality to attach to THAT
session. Note that not all VNC packages support this (notably TightVNC
doesn't, but RealVNC seems to, although I havn't tried it. There's also
'xf4vnc' and 'x11vnc' which appear to provide the functionality).
Perhaps the module is also used in the normal Xvnc session also, but
TightVNC doesn't even include the module and it implements Xvnc.
Normally, vncserver starts up its own X server (Xvnc) which uses a new X
display number which is completely independant of any X server which may
be running on the target system. Perhaps this is what you're really
looking for ? If so, it's very easy. Just run something like
'vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1024x768' and you'll be able to attach a
VNC viewer to the virtual X display by connecting the viewer to
"<hostname or IP>:1".
- Jim
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