Bug 704657

Summary: x11vnc requires Xvfb which isn't packaged
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Kevin Constantine <kevin.constantine>
Component: x11vncAssignee: Pavel Alexeev <pahan>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Kevin Constantine 2011-05-13 21:20:25 UTC
Description of problem:
Installing x11vnc requires Xvfb which isn't packaged and released (at least not that I can find)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.9.12-17

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
[kconstan@beaver x11vnc-0.9.12]$ sudo yum install x11vnc
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package x11vnc.x86_64 0:0.9.12-17.el6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: Xvfb for package: x11vnc-0.9.12-17.el6.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: x11vnc-0.9.12-17.el6.x86_64 (base-epel)
           Requires: Xvfb
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-05-14 16:28:08 UTC
You need to switch on Optional channel for your RHEL:

$ sudo yum list \*Xvfb\*
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
Available Packages
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb.i686   1.7.7-26.el6_0.3    rhel-i386-workstation-optional-6
$