Rob,

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 5:50 PM Rob Landry <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 May 2021, Brandon Anjeleno wrote:
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> Here's a thought: can x11vnc be run in user mode, i.e. not as root?
>

Yes, that's how I run it on many boxes. I kick it off from :

 /home/rd/.config/autostart/x11vnc.desktop file...

all the best,

drew

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> > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 1:44 PM drew Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> >       x11vnc sometimes crashes on me. sometimes infrequently,
> >       sometimes way too frequently.
> > I try to be ssh'ed into the machine when using x11vnc and I have a
> > script that will restart it if it does crash and go away.
> >
> > all the best,
> >
> > drew
> >
> > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 8:18 AM Rob Landry <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >       I have a client who is running RD 2.19.3 running on CentOS
> >       7, installed
> >       according to the Paravel instructions. Most of his people
> >       are doing their
> >       shows from home via Comrex Access. They are VNC'ing in to
> >       the Rivendell
> >       system in the air studio to control rdairplay and doing
> >       their breaks live
> >       via the Comrex link.
> >
> >       Most of the time it works flawlessly, but once in a while
> >       the x11vnc
> >       server will either crash or freeze. When it happens, the
> >       current song will
> >       run out and they'll be silent for several minutes while
> >       they go looking
> >       for someone to VNC in and fix the problem.
> >
> >       This morning, x11vnc froze; I had to use kill -9 to kill
> >       it, and when I
> >       restarted it, the new process immediately froze. Only
> >       rebooting the system
> >       got it working -- not something I like doing when I'm an
> >       hour and a half
> >       away and there's no one at the station.
> >
> >       I have tried downloading the latest x11vnc code and
> >       compiling it manually;
> >       that hasn't helped. The logs don't offer any clues.
> >
> >       I know this isn't strictly a Rivendell problem, but I'm
> >       wondering if any
> >       of y'all have encountered it. Is there a better option
> >       than x11vnc? I
> >       suppose I could try vino.
> >
> >       Thanks,
> >
> >
> >       Rob
> >
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