Hi Thank you.
I guess the main reason for the lack of documentation is that it is not provided by upstream. This was the case also for tightvnc, vnc4 and vnc(3). I wrote some documentation for those other packages but I guess it was never done for tigervnc. I do not think you made anything wrong. Cheers // Ola On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 00:12, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > Primarily the segfault, although the problem is compounded by the > absence of documentation, which makes it difficult to know whether I'm > doing something wrong with my invocation. > > On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:07:11 +0100 > Ola Lundqvist <o...@debian.org> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Just a check question. Is your bug about the lack of useful documentation > > or the fact that it segfaults? > > It should not segfault... > > > > // Ola > > > > On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 15:03, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Package: tigervnc-standalone-server > > > Version: 1.11.0+dfsg-3 > > > Severity: important > > > X-Debbugs-Cc: cele...@gmail.com > > > > > > This package contains no useful documentation or explanation of how to > > > start the server in /usr/share/doc. As per 'man tigervncserver', I > > > tried: > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > ~$ tigervncserver > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > And the server promptly segfaulted: > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > New Xtigervnc server 'nnnnnnnn.nnnnnnnn:1 (nnnnnnnn)' on port 5901 for > > > display :1. > > > Use xtigervncviewer -SecurityTypes VncAuth -passwd > > > /home/nnnnnnnn/.vnc/passwd :1 to connect to the VNC server. > > > > > > > > > =================== tail /home/nnnnnnnn/.vnc/nnnnnnnn.nnnnnnnn:5901.log > > > =================== > > > Segmentation fault > > > X connection to :1 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > > ComparingUpdateTracker: 0 pixels in / 0 pixels out > > > ComparingUpdateTracker: (1:-nan ratio) > > > Killing Xtigervnc process ID 9433... success! > > > > > > > ====================================================================================== > > > > > > Session startup via '/etc/X11/Xtigervnc-session' 'startxfce4' cleanly > > > exited too early (< 3 seconds)! > > > > > > Maybe try something simple first, e.g., > > > tigervncserver -xstartup /usr/bin/xterm > > > The Xtigervnc server cleanly exited! > > > The X session cleanly exited! > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > As per the above output, I tried: > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > ~$ tigervncserver -xstartup /usr/bin/xterm > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > No segfault, but it still didn't work: > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > New Xtigervnc server 'nnnnnnnn.nnnnnnnn:1 (nnnnnnnn)' on port 5901 for > > > display :1. > > > Use xtigervncviewer -SecurityTypes VncAuth -passwd > > > /home/nnnnnnnn/.vnc/passwd :1 to connect to the VNC server. > > > > > > > > > =================== tail /home/nnnnnnnn/.vnc/nnnnnnnn.nnnnnnnn:5901.log > > > =================== > > > > > > > ====================================================================================== > > > > > > Session startup via '/usr/bin/xterm' 'startxfce4' cleanly exited too > early > > > (< 3 seconds)! > > > > > > Maybe try something simple first, e.g., > > > tigervncserver -xstartup /usr/bin/xterm > > > The X session cleanly exited! > > > Killing Xtigervnc process ID 9525... success! > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > -- System Information: > > > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > > > APT prefers unstable > > > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > > > > > Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads) > > > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE > > > not set > > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > > > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > > > > > Versions of packages tigervnc-standalone-server depends on: > > > ii libaudit1 1:3.0.6-1+b1 > > > ii libbsd0 0.11.3-1 > > > ii libc6 2.32-4 > > > ii libfile-readbackwards-perl 1.06-1 > > > ii libgcrypt20 1.9.4-4 > > > ii libgl1 1.3.4-2+b1 > > > ii libgnutls30 3.7.2-2 > > > ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:2.1.2-1 > > > ii libpam0g 1.4.0-10 > > > ii libpixman-1-0 0.40.0-1 > > > ii libselinux1 3.3-1+b1 > > > ii libstdc++6 11.2.0-12 > > > ii libsystemd0 249.7-1 > > > ii libunwind8 1.3.2-2 > > > ii libxau6 1:1.0.9-1 > > > ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.2-3 > > > ii libxfont2 1:2.0.5-1 > > > ii perl 5.32.1-6 > > > ii tigervnc-common 1.11.0+dfsg-3 > > > ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+5 > > > ii xauth 1:1.1-1 > > > ii xkb-data 2.33-1 > > > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2 > > > > > > Versions of packages tigervnc-standalone-server recommends: > > > ii libgl1-mesa-dri 21.2.6-1 > > > ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+9 > > > ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.5 > > > > > > Versions of packages tigervnc-standalone-server suggests: > > > ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.4+nmu1.1 > > > ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.4+nmu1.1 > > > ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.3-1.2 > > > > > > -- no debconf information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Pkg-tigervnc-devel mailing list > > > pkg-tigervnc-de...@alioth-lists.debian.net > > > > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tigervnc-devel > > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- > > / o...@debian.org o...@inguza.com \ > > | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Celejar > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / o...@debian.org o...@inguza.com \ | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | ---------------------------------------------------------------