On 23/01/2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Underwood wrote: > > >>>> I thought it was - just not installed by default, but it looks like the > >>>> one I have is from the vnc-ltsp-config package. > >>> Useful to know, thanks. > >> dare i ask if there's a HOWTO on this package? i took a quick look at > >> it and it appears to involve xinetd and XDMCP, so a clear set of > >> instructions would be, you know, handy. :) > >> > > > > Well, I just installed it, and it doesn't work out of the box, > > unfortunately. I didn't bother trying to tweak it, as this simple > > recipe is working fine for me: > > > > http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx/8339389.html > > Looks like essentially the same thing give or take a few differences in > the arguments and the way they are generated. If that works, you should > be able to make vncts work. You just need to follow how the ports in > /etc/services tie to the different options in the command started by > xinetd and then through the /usr/bin/vncts shell expansion of the commands. > Yeah, actually, the thing that is missing from the vncts package is the server option: -fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/ ... in /etc/sysconfig/vncts the options set for the vnc server are: VNCTSOPTIONS="-inetd -once -query localhost -fp unix/:7100 -SecurityTypes None" I don't know why, but I never had any luck with -fp unix/:7100 - the vnc server will start and then shut down after 5 seconds. I *think* this is because I am not running the font server, but am not 100 percent sure. In any case, changing this to -fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/ fixes things.
