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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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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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Mayuka, you could always extract the most recent tightvnc port from your nearest CVS repository, and build from that. It was removed 2 July, so a CVS update of the net/tightvnc branch of the ports tree using an earlier date (-D option) should work, if tightvnc still functions with X.
You'll need to start with a CVS working directory of the ports tree for either 5.0-release or 5.0-stable, per FAQs 15.3.2 and 5.3.3. Last edited by jggimi; 7th November 2011 at 12:59 PM. Reason: edited to add the X caveat. |
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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I totally agree that tightvnc is outdated and probably not the best written code.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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opennx, realvnc, tigervnc, tightvnc, ultravnc |
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