On On 2023-07-18, Stuart Henderson <stu.li...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2023-07-18, Morgan Aldridge <morg...@makkintosshu.com> wrote: > > I'm maintaining an OpenBSD X11 window manager (WM) port, but try to > > keep my primary workstation on -stable, so do most of my development > > there and test in Xephyr. I test & submit patches from an OpenBSD > > -current VM running under vmm(4), but since vmm(4) doesn't emulate > > video hardware, I haven't been run-testing there. > > > > I'm already comfortable with x11vnc under OpenBSD, plus Xephyr, but > > they both use an existing X display. After studying xenodm(1), > > Xvfb(1), x11vnc(1), and a bunch of other X(1)-related manual pages, > > plus tons of experimenting, the solution was actually quite simple. > > > > TL; DR > > > > I could find much on the Internet, list archives, etc., regarding this > > specific situation, so here's my solution for a [slow] X11 virtual > > display on a vmm(4) OpenBSD guest, accessible via VNC over an SSH > > tunnel: > > > > doas rcctl enable xenodm > > doas rcctl set xenodm flags \ > > "-server ':0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :0 -screen 1024x768x24 -shmem'" > > doas rcctl start xenodm > > doas pkg_add x11vnc > > doas rcctl enable x11vnc > > doas rcctl start x11vnc > > > > Hope someone else finds this useful down the road, > > I recommend putting x11vnc in the bin and using tigervnc if it works for > your configuration...
Thanks! TigerVNC's x0vncserver(1) seems to work similarly to x11vnc(1)'s default rc.d flags when executed as follows: x0vncserver -SecurityTypes None -localhost This doesn't require a password (WARNING!), but does require an SSH tunnel to access. Is certainly snappier too! Easy enough to copy /etc/rc.d/x11vnc (before uninstalling) and update the 'daemon' & 'daemon_flags' values as follows: daemon="/usr/local/bin/x0vncserver" daemon_flags="-SecurityTypes None -localhost" I'm pretty sure 'rc_bg=YES' & 'rc_reload=NO' would need to be retained. Morgan
