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missing tightvnc in OpenBSD 5.0
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I wanted to upgrade my OpenBSD from 4.6 to 5.0 and noticed that tightvnc is missing. What happened to it? Are there any (better) alternatives for using vnc on an OpenBSD home office box? |
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It seems TightVNC was replaced with net/ssvnc
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Oh this is really sad. It's not about ssvnc. I need the vncserver that can be started on a machine without monitor.
x11vnc is quite complicated to run on a headless (monitor less) server. Maybe Xvfb is a solution. I don't know. Nobody tried this before? I'll try to get tigervnc to compile. Hopefully it isn't not too complicated. |
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Isn't tmux basically the same as the old "screen"-util? I don't see the option to maintain X11 apps. Maybe I just should try...
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It's not. Not sure why ocicat would even bring it up.
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First. I'm trying to build tigervnc manually (./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-x --with-libintl-prefix=/usr/local) right now and it fails with something like this:
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vncviewer-vncviewer.o(.text+0x1004): In function `main': /usr/src/tigervnc-1.1.0/unix/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx:275: undefined reference to `libintl_bindtextdomain' vncviewer-vncviewer.o(.text+0x100c):/usr/src/tigervnc-1.1.0/unix/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx:276: undefined reference to `libintl_textdomain' vncviewer-vncviewer.o(.text+0x1034):/usr/src/tigervnc-1.1.0/unix/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx:286: undefined reference to `libintl_gettext' Second: I can start Xvfb and use the virtual screen with x11vnc: Code:
xinit -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1120x700x16 -dpi 75 & x11vnc -display :1 -rfbauth .vnc/passwd & |
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Tigervnc seems to me like the right decision because it's actively developed. However I just can't get it to compile. |
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Tigervnc gets a mention in a couple of ports@ threads. It appears no one is actively attempting to port it: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&w=...s=tigervnc&q=b
The key comment that might help is from Stuart Henderson: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=130920310423104&w=2 Quote:
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I totally agree that tightvnc is outdated and probably not the best written code. Currently there is no real alternative in openbsd and tigervnc could fill the gap. Either that or a well done x11vnc script... However, tightvnc really proved to be stable. It never crashed during the last 2 years as I recall it correctly. If someone could point me to a rock-solid x11vnc using Xvfb, it'd be happy too. |
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ssh -Y username@yourserver.domain.name I personally dropped VNC in favor of NX X protocol with is compression wrapper around ssh. It works amazingly fast comparing to VNC let alone to ssh -Y The problem is that proprietary version of NX server is not running on OpenBSD but that is not problem for me since I only use to connect to my cluster which runs RedHat Linux. There is a free version of the NX server FreeNX which you should be able to compile on OpenBSD. Google also has an unfinished version. OpenNX open source NX client is ported to OpenBSD and works like a charm. Last edited by Oko; 7th November 2011 at 05:28 PM. |
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I've never had security issues so far. The vncserver listens on localhost only and I connect via a ssh tunnel. VNC is available on any system (Windows, Mac, even the iPhone have native clients). So I can connect from everywhere ssh-tunneled to it. Quote:
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opennx, realvnc, tigervnc, tightvnc, ultravnc |
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