On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 04:09:21PM -0400, Morgan Aldridge wrote: > I'm maintaining an OpenBSD X11 window manager (WM) port, but try to > keep my primary workstation on -stable, so do most of my development > there and test in Xephyr. I test & submit patches from an OpenBSD > -current VM running under vmm(4), but since vmm(4) doesn't emulate > video hardware, I haven't been run-testing there. > > I'm already comfortable with x11vnc under OpenBSD, plus Xephyr, but > they both use an existing X display. After studying xenodm(1), > Xvfb(1), x11vnc(1), and a bunch of other X(1)-related manual pages, > plus tons of experimenting, the solution was actually quite simple. > > TL; DR > > I could find much on the Internet, list archives, etc., regarding this > specific situation, so here's my solution for a [slow] X11 virtual > display on a vmm(4) OpenBSD guest, accessible via VNC over an SSH > tunnel: > > doas rcctl enable xenodm > doas rcctl set xenodm flags \ > "-server ':0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :0 -screen 1024x768x24 -shmem'" > doas rcctl start xenodm > doas pkg_add x11vnc > doas rcctl enable x11vnc > doas rcctl start x11vnc > > Hope someone else finds this useful down the road, > > Morgan >
Thanks. Always good to have information like this on the list for later searchers. There are other ways too (like sthen@ replied subsequently).
