On Sun Sep 03, 2006 at 03:06:06AM -0400, Calvin Webster wrote:
> =================[Any 2.6 Linux Kernels?]=================
> I'm curious why even development versions of TightVNC are being built
> for an already obsolete distribution? Are there problems building or
> running on the 2.6 kernels? More importantly, are there any issues
> running TightVNC with the latest open source X servers (RHEL 4 uses
> xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37)?
>
I'm not sure why the kernel version would affect things at all, but I
can confirm that TightVNC works perfectly well on 2.6 kernels. It also
works with xorg (either as provided or rebuilt against xorg). SuSE
include tightvnc as standard with their distributions, so you may want
to check whether they include any additional patches, etc.
> ===============[Native and Virtual Displays]===============
> 1. I don't see any "vnc.so" module in the tightvnc-server RPM. Does
> TighVNC not support remote native X display? In other words, can I
> connect to display :0 on a server and control the local console
> remotely?
>
I can't say whether this is included in the RPM, but it is certainly
available for TightVNC. I suspect there may be a separate RPM
containing this, as most users need only one or the other.
> 2. Am I likely to have problems with my multiple vnc services if I
> switch to TightVNC? I'm using XDM (GDM) for these. Here is an excerpt
> representing one of the high-resolution virtual displays from my RHEL 4
> /etc/xinetd.d/vnc file (watch for line-wrap in your message).
>
You may have issues here as TightVNC doesn't look to support all of
these options - I think several of these are RealVNC v4.x additions.
>
> ===============[RealVNC -> TightVNC Versions]===============
> The main TightVNC home page says the it is "derived from the popular VNC
> software. Is this a forked development effort or does it track directly
> with RealVNC releases?
>
It was forked from the RealVNC v3 code base - I've no idea whether they
plan a resync with the v4.x release at some point or not, though it's
taken a couple of years for the latest version to reach release
candidate status so I wouldn't get your hopes up.
HTH,
Robin
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