Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:35:57 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Possibly missing run dependencies with TightVNC's vncserver Message-ID: <20080621063557.GA10655@ozzmosis.com>
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Hi, I've just built net/tightvnc from the Ports tree on a headless machine running FreeBSD 6.3. Prior to installing tightvnc, the machine had no xorg apps or xorg libraries installed. My initial problem was that when I run vncserver, I got errors in $HOME/.vnc/$HOST:1.log telling me that the programs listed in $HOME/.vnc/xstartup are missing (xrdb, xsetroot, xterm and twm). I've since installed all of those from Ports, but have encountered another hurdle: Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/local/lib/X11/rgb' ... xsetroot: unknown color "grey" twm: invalid color name "black" twm: invalid color name "white" I've since learned that the x11/rgb port installs /usr/local/lib/X11/rgb.txt, but not /usr/local/lib/X11/rgb, but I guess I'm on the right track. After doing a bit more Googling I'm beginning to think /etc/X11/xorg.conf is used to configure the xorg backend, which vncserver relies on, but I don't have an xorg.conf on that machine, presumably because some crucial parts of xorg are still missing - or I'm meant to configure xorg somehow before running vncserver. I get the feeling that I'm doing this all backwards, and that I'm supposed to install more of xorg before I install net/tightvnc. Ideally the tightvnc port should've done that prior, though. Anyway, maybe someone could give me some hints on what I should be doing in this particular situation. Thanks, Regards Andrew
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