tigervnc or Xvnc VNC/X server on Pandora?

[mcobit]

Here it is. No guarantee that it will work. Didn't test at all.

Sorry for doublecompression.  Cannot attach tar.bz2 files.

tigervnc.zip

 

[_jr_]

I tried that, it's pretty tightly bound to the whole process.


Looks like what it does is uses imake to build a world makefile which does a bunch of stuff, builds some headers and compiles some code, then crafts a configure script in the Xvnc directory. You then run the ./configure which uses imake to build a Makefile. I tried just copying the Makefile but it's riddled with x86 defines and requires some 64 bit headers.


I've seen automakeception, where you'll get 2 or 3 layers of different (or sometimes the same) make makers that must all be called sequentially, but this is the first time I've seen a circular make system. It's impossible to break out of and is doing nothing to make me re-evaluate my stance on automakes.

Ok, did take a quick look. Imake is still part of X and the xorg version is straightforward to compile.

Unfortunately it is too new for the 6.3 based tigntvnc 1.3. But that actually already includes a better suited version, though the documentation is suboptimal. The build finishes, but I don't have time to test the result. Here is the recipe if someone wants to follow up, though mcobit's buid is probavbly better. I used the very nice C dev tools PND from freamon.


1. cd into Xvnc


2. let configure create config/cf/platform.def (the rest can be disabled)


3. cd into config/imake


3a. fix the embedded cpp program name in imake.c or imakemdef.h


4. build imake using the bootstrap Makefile with 'make -f Makefile.ini'


5. cd into ../cf


6. fix up linux.cf (at least the architecture detection and DefaultGccIncludeDir)


7. cd into ../makedepend


8. do '../imake/imake -I../cf -DTOPDIR=../.. -DCURDIR=.', then 'make'


9. cd into ../../../libvncauth


10. do '../Xvnc/config/imake/imake -I../Xvnc/config/cf -DTOPDIR=../Xvnc -DCURDIR=.', 'make Makefiles', 'make includes', 'make depend', and finally 'make'


11. cd into ../Xvnc


12. do 'config/imake/imake -Iconfig/cf -DTOPDIR=. -DCURDIR=.', 'make Makefiles', 'make includes', 'make depend', and finally 'make'


13. wait


It builds fine for me and leaves Xvnc in programs/Xserver. Don't know what is required to run it. If there is interest, I could tar the whole directory tree.


edit: just remembered the missing step 3a.

 

[EssoAir]

Here it is. No guarantee that it will work. Didn't test at all.


Sorry for doublecompression. Cannot attach tar.bz2 files.

Sorry to sound dumb, but how do I run it? I extracted the zip, then the bz2, then the tar and I was left with a bunch of folders containing the code. Which file is the actual "application" that I run?

 

[mcobit]

There is a bin folder that contains the vncserver application. You should be able to run it with ./vncserver.


This shouldn't be the sourcecode, just the binaries and acompaning share folder etc.

 

[EssoAir]

Oh! Now I see. Thanks!

 

[mcobit]

Let me know if it works.

 

[EssoAir]

in school rit now. wont be for several hours

 

[EssoAir]

Ok, so I'm SSHing into the SuperZaxxon install.


I have vncserver coppied over


I'm currently CDed into the same folder where vncserver is


but everytime I type "vncserver" it keeps saying "command not found"


How do I get it to recognize that im trying to excecute an application, not run a command?

 

[EssoAir]

I even did "sudo install /mnt/szmount/vncserver /


but it still says "command not found"

 

[EssoAir]

Ok, I figured out what I did wrong there. Aparently you cant install programs to the root, they need to be in /usr/bin (damn you Linus T.) So I reinstalled it only this time it says "couldn't find /usr/bin/Xvnc"


I'll try installing all the programs but I doubt that will fix it

 

[EssoAir]

Ok, wow I just realized what I did. The folders in the .tar.bz2 file corrospond to the install locations in Linux. Sorry, Im still new to all this. But I'm learning a lot

 

[EssoAir]

Ok so I installed all the bin files properly but it still says it cant find /usr/bin/Xnvc

 

[Crionic]

Ok so I installed all the bin files properly but it still says it cant find /usr/bin/Xnvc

Xvnc is not included in the archive. By default, building tigervnc just produces the client software.. The server (Xvnc) must be build separately, which can be quite a hassle (I tried it myself )

Maybe _jr_'s approach works for you. Otherwise you could still try using x11vnc with a virtual frame buffer.

 

[EssoAir]

Ok so I installed all the bin files properly but it still says it cant find /usr/bin/Xnvc

Xvnc is not included in the archive. By default, building tigervnc just produces the client software.. The server (Xvnc) must be build separately, which can be quite a hassle (I tried it myself )


Maybe _jr_'s approach works for you. Otherwise you could still try using x11vnc with a virtual frame buffer.

How do I setup a virtual Framebuffer? I thought Linux didn't allow such things.

 

[EssoAir]

http://linux.die.net/man/1/xvfb


Just found out about xvfb


Ill give it a shot over Laborday

 

[mcobit]

I am still trying to figure out what your usecase for a seperate x server in a vnc is.


What do you want to do with it if you get it set up?

 

[EssoAir]

I am using the LinuxOnAndroid environment to run SuperZaxxon on my phone. I /could/ use a framebuffer and have it interract with my phone's scree natively. However, thats really buggy and not as smoothe. I'd rather VNC into it using a localhostort so I can dynamically switch between Android and Linux (I could even run both side by side since I have MultiWindow). But, so far I have been unable to run a VNC server. Luckily, Dropbear come pre-installed in SuperZaxxon so I can use the command line no problem, but the only VNC server is x11VNC which requires a physical display. I think setting up a virtual framebuffer could make X11vnc work, but I'm not sure yet.

 

[mcobit]

Hum... you think that a vnc connection to the same host is faster than a framebuffer?


I don't think so.


Edit: I am using this approach to manage vms on a quad core xeon server, where it still is slow.

 

[EssoAir]

Faster? No. Less buggy and an overall smoother user experience? Yes. I use smoothe as in user accessability, not speed

 

[EssoAir]

Question: When I edit the boot script, do I enter the bash commands exactly as I would type them into terminal?