Hi Eddie, Actually, the problem is with the XCB "Xlib", which replaces the original Xlib & breaks binary compatibility with existing code that interfaces to X extensions.
Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddie Atherton > Sent: 25 November 2007 23:52 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Re: vncconfig fails to start > > OK, let me answer my own question. :) > > I re-compiled vncconfig, using the xorg sources that match my > distro, Slackware 12. Following that, vncconfig now runs fine. > > I guess the issue is some kind of incompatibility between the > sources used to originally compile vncconfig, which I'll > guess was one of the XFree versions and the now current xorg version. > > I did also notice one other "oddity". I use a copy of the > "generated" > xstartup. I comment out most of the lines, because I use kde > for my desktop. One line I didn't comment out, but I'm > guessing I can, is: > xsetroot -solid grey That command generates the following > error in the > log: xsetroot: unknown color "grey" > > But, running the same command at the command line gives no > error. Strange. > > Cheers, > Eddie > > > > Eddie Atherton wrote: > > After wondering why I wasn't able to cut/paste from Winblows to my > > Linux VNC session, I found it was because I wasn't running > vncconfig. > > So. I added it to my xstartup. However, this didn't work. This is > > what I added to xstartup: > > > > vncconfig -display=:1 -nowin & > > > > And this is the result, from the VNC log: > > > > vncconfig: xcb_lock.c:62: _XGetXCBBuffer: Assertion `((int) > ((xcb_req) > > - (dpy->request)) >= 0)' failed. > > > > The other thing I also noticed, was this, at the end of the > VNC log, > > when KDE shuts down: > > > > startkde: Running shutdown scripts... > > startkde: Done. > > /home/eddie/.vnc/xstartup: line 9: 16052 Aborted > > vncconfig -display=:1 -nowin > > > > Any ideas, anyone. > > > > Cheers, > > Eddie > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list