My use scenario is that I'm setting up a 3d-workstation that I almost
exclusively access remotely from my laptop. GL is a must.
I got 'vncserver' working from my pre-X, non-root account, so i've passed
at least those hurdles. No troubleshooting needed there. The only
remaining hiccup is virtualgl. You said an X server is required on the
root display (I take this to mean Display:0) Can that X server be the
turbovnc server, or does it have to be the standard x server?
Thanks for your help.
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, DRC <[email protected]>
wrote:
> VirtualGL requires an X server to be running on the root display, but
> TurboVNC doesn't. I refer you to the VirtualGL User's Guide for details
> of that, but generally the "3D X server" that VirtualGL uses to access
> the GPU isn't launched with startx. It's launched with init.d/systemd,
> and vglserver_config is used to modify the display manager startup
> environment so that VirtualGL users can get access to the 3D X server
> while it's sitting at the login prompt.
>
> TurboVNC does not require any other X server to be running. It is its
> own X server. When you say things like "I haven't been able to run
> vncserver from the non-X console", it helps if you post information
> regarding how you are trying to launch it and how specifically it's not
> working.
>
> DRC
>
> On 4/10/17 12:49 PM, Steve Volumetric wrote:
> > That's odd, so I attempted to follow the guide, I must be doing
> > something wrong. I'll have to post my output when I get home, but I
> > haven't been able to run vncserver from the non-X console. It seems to
> > "just work" if I do 'startx' first, then open xterm and run vncserver
> > from there.
> >
> > Ideally, I'm trying to do exactly what you described - run vncserver as
> > a standalone virtual X server without 'startx'ing' first. If I can get
> > vncserver to run like you've suggested, will VirtualGL still work?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:11 PM, DRC <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > What are you trying to do? TurboVNC is a standalone virtual X
> server,
> > so you don't have to launch a completely separate X server in order
> to
> > use it. Just run /opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver, as instructed in the
> > User's Guide.
> >
> >
> > On 4/9/17 6:49 PM, Steve Volumetric wrote:
> > > Currently, I've got turbovnc and virtualgl working, but what I'm
> doing
> > > is logging in as root, starting x with startx, then once X starts,
> I
> > > open a terminal and run 'vncserver'
> > >
> > > so far, it's been ok, but if I ever need to reboot the server, I
> have to
> > > get in front of the server(down two flights of stairs), and redo
> all
> > > those steps. Surely, there must be a better way.
> > >
> > > is there a 'right' way to integrate the turbovnc server into some
> > > automatic thing that gets launched when X starts?
> > >
> > > I've tried adding 'exec vncserver' to ~/.xinitrc but that didn't
> work,
> > > also now I'm starting X when the system comes up, so X won't be
> pulling
> > > in anything from anyone's home directory.
> > >
> > > I've been looking at /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc but I'm not quite
> sure how
> > > that file is supposed to look.
>
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