RE: vncconfig fails to start

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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: vnc-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eddie Atherton
> Sent: 25 November 2007 23:52
> To: vnc-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
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