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Re: Xdmcp or other remote from Mac To AIX (x11-users: to exclusive)
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Re: Xdmcp or other remote from Mac To AIX (x11-users: to exclusive)


  • Subject: Re: Xdmcp or other remote from Mac To AIX (x11-users: to exclusive)
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:56:15 -0500 (CDT)

Hi,

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, email@hidden wrote:

So I have tried with Xephyr -screen option and the color are better for the application that is using certainly an old 8-bit PseudoColor visual. But they ar far from being ok, so is there anything I can set up on the mac to get them better ?

For PseudoColor I used Xvnc. On OS X 10.5 I can even use the Screen Sharing app to then control Xvnc server.


The easiest way to get Xvnc is through MacPorts:

http://www.macports.org/

Then whan you have it installed do this from the command line as an admin user:

$ sudo port install tightvnc

Now there are tons of ways to get Xvnc to run, the easiest is with a script like so:

#!/bin/sh
opts='-cc 3 -depth 8 -geometry 1280x960 -localhost -tst -nolisten tcp'
dpy=':9'

case "$1" in
  "-kill")
        vncserver -kill :9
        exit
        ;;
esac

vncserver $dpy $opts "$@" || exit
open 'vnc://localhost:5909'

Name the script something useful like foovnc with foo being that 8-bit app you need to run and put it in your path.

$ foovnc

This will run Xvnc with and 8-bit PseudoColor visual and then . It will run the ~/.vnc/xstartup script when it starts. A default such script will be created the first time you run Xvnc if I remember correctly. Also I think a default password will be created when you do the install if I remember correctly. If not use the vncpasswd command to create one.

$ foovnc -kill

Will stop the Xvnc session. There are creative ways to use xinit, but this is all the simplest and most direct following the online TightVNC docs.

mzs
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