vnc problem FC6 - any workaround?

[David G. Miller]

"Styma, Robert E (Robert)" <stymar at lucent.com> wrote:

> Could you clarify the statement "VNC works just fine without it.".
> The "Load VNC" update to xorg.conf allowed remote access to display:0,
> that is the desktop viewed if you were sitting in front of the machine.
> I use this for a number of people I help.  When they are stuck on
> something, the will give me a call.  I can ssh to their Linux box and
> bring up the desktop they are looking at.  It is much easier to talk
> someone through an issue when you can see what is going on.
>
> Starting VNC separately from the command line opens a separate independent
> display (default display:1).  
>
> So is this issue a bug to be fixed or a feature which was taken away?
>
> Bob Styma
I guess the question comes down to, what does "works" mean?  I'm only 
attempting to get a remote desktop running; not share the current X 
session.  I can see how that could be helpful for support and requires 
loading the vnc module.  I haven't used VNC for that; just for allowing 
a remote desktop (separate display).

Sounds like we need the OP to clarify what kind of access he wants.  
Does he just need a remote desktop or does he need to share the current 
X session?  My take on both the post that started this thread and the 
referenced bug was that they only referred to a remote session but I 
could be wrong.

Regardless of the answer to the above, it sounds like some functionality 
(load vnc module and have glx) has been taken away.  If this used to 
work prior to FC6, it might be worth it to open a bug even if it gets 
thrown back at you with a WONTFIX.  I upgraded my systems that were 
running FC4 or FC5 to FC6 so I can't verify that it worked in prior 
releases of FC.  I just checked on my CentOS 4.4 box (running vncserver 
to a FC6 vnc-client) and glx isn't available in the vnc session but is 
available from the console.  This is consistent with what I see with an 
FC6 vncserver.

Cheers,
Dave

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