From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.6 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020830 Description of problem: Code has been written to allow you to connect a vncviewer to your main (display :0) desktop. KDE has a package that inlcudes this code, and mandrake supports it as well. Operationally, you run 'x0rfbserver' in you X session and then you can VNC to your main desktop remotely. Very useful, a great addition to Redhat now that you are beginning to undertake greater desktop support. The source and (scant) documentation can be found at http://forum.hexonet.com/ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.look for rfb package 2.give up 3. Additional info:
We used to provide the rfb package in powertools, in fact. But x0rfbserver is a nonoptimal solution to the problem. A better solution would be to ship xf4vnc, or something like it, which has much *much* less overhead.
I have looked at xf4vnc, at from what I can tell I believe that you are right. It has more configuration overhead, but if Redhat made it a supported package I would expect that to become a non-issue. How about throwing it in with RandR configuration support? You know, one more tab in the 'display properties' configuration tool? I don't know anything about your XFree configuration direction, so take these suggestions with a grain of salt. Anyway, xf4vnc or rfb, we need at least one. In my last job, that kind of administrative tool was very much appreciated; you can make a case for this being an important part of the 'corporate desktop'. Thanks.
Closed rawhide? What package in rawhide provides this functionality?
vnc