Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:21:19 +1000 From: Greg Lane <greg.lane@internode.on.net> To: Jonathan Fosburgh <syjef@mdanderson.org>, savovski@gmail.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does anyone run VNC with 64-bit FreeBSD (amd64)? Message-ID: <20060622212119.GA7232@router.lane.family> In-Reply-To: <200606221129.19239.syjef@mdanderson.org> References: <20060622075236.GA95258@router.lane.family> <200606221129.19239.syjef@mdanderson.org>
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On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:04:34PM +0300, Alex Savovski <savovski@gmail.com> wro > I have the same ,problem,But I have never run on other version,I use > RELENG_6_1, AMD64 On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:29:15AM -0500, Jonathan Fosburgh <syjef@mdanderson.org> wrote: > VNC (tightvnc included) as well as NXWindows (IMHO, much better than VNC) are > based on old versions of XFree86 that don't support AMD64. I have had some > success running the i386 package of tightvnc and starting only twm from the > xstartup script. Some applications (just about anything using gtk) crash the > VNC server, and some (KDE) work all right. YMMV. > > I have tried to make NXWindows work on amd64 but there is just too much > patching that needs to be done for my meager skills. Thanks for the info. I had figured something like this. I installed the 64-bit system anticipating a future memory upgrade from the current 4GB to 8GB. However, VNC is essential for various members of my group, as is ports/devel/root (which doesn't compile on amd64) and there is some of our own (also essential) custom software which is not 64-bit clean. Since this holds up a number of people from their work and my patching skills are VERY meager, I will have to roll back to the 32-bit OS. Thanks again! Greg P.S. Yes, I should have tested more before the upgrade. I did some tests, but obviously not enough! In my defence, I was hastened by the disk dying and the need to get the machine back up and running.
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