I think you should be able to run Xvnc with an X installation in a different place simply by giving the right command line options. I believe Xvnc only depends on the fonts and the color database files (see the two commented out lines in the vncserver script for you to specify these options).
Running X applications may be more tricky - it depends which apps you want to run. It may be that simply by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to where you put the X libraries will be enough. If not then you could try compiling from the X source tree - you'll have to change the ProjectRoot definition in the configuration files in xc/config/cf Hope this helps Cheers Tristan ----- Original Message ----- From: "M G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 7:14 AM Subject: VNC without X? > Hello, > > My intent was to run an X server on the remote host, and encapsulate its > state using VNC. The end goal is to connect to the host from a local > "workstation" and continue working where I last left off. > > I've done this many times before, but never with a remote host that has no X > software installed. The VNC+X Server, Xvnc, relies on things like Xserver, > xauth and xlib, which arn't installed. I'm trying to find a workaround for > this. > > The remote host in question is a Red Hat Linux machine. I do not have root > privileges on it, so I cannot install the particular RPMs or software in > /usr/local, etc. I have no physical access to the machine, so using a frame > buffer is out of the question as well. > > I only have shell access and a home directory. Is it possible to find the > appropriate binaries (things like xauth, xterm, ..) and libraries (xlib, ..) > and fonts and put them in a directory in my home directory, and set > appropriate environment variables for X programs to see these files? If > possible, is this practical? Are there alternatives? > > Thank you for reading, I hope to hear from you soon. > > M. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
