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Ticket #25274 (closed defect: worksforme)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

tightvnc: cannot start vnc server

Reported by: ribe@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.9.0
Keywords: Cc:
Port: tightvnc

Description (last modified by macsforever2000@…) (diff)

When trying to run the vnc server provided with tightvnc, Xvnc starts up, but it is not possible to start a window manager or xterm. Error when trying to start xterm: 

X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Value in failed request:  0x21
  Serial number of failed request:  26
  Current serial number in output stream:  34

This is the same no matter if Snow Leopards xterm or MacPorts xterm are used. Tested on a Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard Server.

Change History

comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by ribe@…

  • Cc ribe@… added

Cc Me!

comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by ribe@…

  • Cc ribe@… removed

Cc Me!

comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by ribe@…

  • Cc ribe@… added

Cc Me!

comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by macsforever2000@…

  • Cc ribe@… removed
  • Description modified (diff)

comment:5 Changed 3 years ago by ryandesign@…

  • Summary changed from cannot start vnc server to tightvnc: cannot start vnc server

Since the tightvnc port has no maintainer, you may have to work directly with the developers of tightvnc on this one. If we need to change something in the port to make this work, let us know.

comment:6 Changed 2 years ago by jmr@…

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to worksforme

Seems to work fine if you run vncserver as recommended rather than running Xvnc directly. You do need to set up the config file to set the font path and so on.

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