Vnc module in xorg.conf?

Rick Stevens rstevens at vitalstream.com
Thu Jan 11 00:34:34 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 17:16 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Is it still supposed to work to load the vnc module in xorg.conf to be
> able to connect to the console screen?  I've used it in FC1 through FC5
> but things have changed in FC6.  I added the 'Modules' section back and
> got to the point where I can connect and thing come close to working.
> However when things move on the screen they sometimes don't erase behind
> and it ends up being a mess.  This happens on the console screen as well
> as the vnc copy while the viewer is connected.  Is vnc broken or could
> I have done something wrong by putting back all the module names that
> the xorg.conf had on an FC5 setup?

I use vnc on two FC6 machines--one with an ATI and one with an nVidia
(both with default drivers).  I added the following stuff:

	Section "Module"
	        Load  "vnc"
	EndSection

and vnc works a treat!

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