Sun didn't "change" VNC - builds 111a and later simply have a bug
in Xvnc, which we've now tracked down and are fixing.
6833541 Xvnc will not start in osol 0906: core in XkbDDXLoadKeymapByNames
-Alan Coopersmith- [email protected]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Tom Chen wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> You do not need to have graphics card if x-server is enabled, you can
> get same graphics using vnc-viewer through network. To enable x-server,
> we can use ssh or telnet to access the box, modify some files and run
> some scripts, so, graphics card is not needed.
> See http://blog.hellpop.com/2009/01/opensolaris-vnc-server.html,
> however, this method does not work in recent OpenSolaris Express
> releases. I do not know why Sun changed again without alternative
> solution which confused its users.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerry tan" <[email protected]>
> To: "Tom Chen" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Halton Huo" <[email protected]>;
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris
>
>
>> Hi, tom,
>> if you have no graphics card, how to start Xserver , and start xvn
>> client to connect it?
>>
>> On 04/21/09 02:31, Tom Chen wrote:
>>> Halton,
>>>
>>> Yes, it works! But unfortunately, some of my servers do not have
>>> graphics card, so, have no video output. Is there any script that I
>>> can use instead?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Halton Huo" <[email protected]>
>>> To: "Tom Chen" <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 2:25 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 19:20 -0700, Tom Chen wrote:
>>>>> Thanks, I just tried on OpenSolaris nv112, but somehow, does not
>>>>> work.... sigh. We do not use OpenSolaris 2008.11.
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> As I know, OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_112 is not out. I'm using
>>>> OpenSolaris
>>>> 2009.06 snv_111 now. System --> Preferences --> Desktop Sharing (Vino)
>>>> works as I wish on it.
>>>>
>>>> If it does not work, should be a bug. Please file a bug on
>>>> defect.opensolaris.org for Development/gnome/applications.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Halton.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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