Underpants
October 31st, 2008, 02:54 AM
I have always setup VNC to be running on the console of my ubuntu systems. It seems like every new release something tiny in my config needs to be changed to make it work.
Then I add these lines of code:
/usr/bin/x11vnc -localhost -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg
and add KillInitClients=false to /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
I can cold boot the system, connect via SSH with tunneling and connect to the login screen with my VNC client, login, and then be presented with the desktop. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Anyway, Now, with Inrepid I get the login screen, but x11vnc drop right after the login and appears to not be running.
Here is my gdm config
#!/bin/sh
# Stolen from the debian kdm setup, aren't I sneaky
# Plus a lot of fun stuff added
# -George
PATH=/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/X11R6/bin:$PATH
OLD_IFS=$IFS
/usr/bin/x11vnc -localhost -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg
KillInitClients=false
gdmwhich () {
COMMAND="$1"
OUTPUT=
IFS=:
for dir in $PATH
do
if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then
if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then
OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND"
fi
fi
done
IFS=$OLD_IFS
echo "$OUTPUT"
}
sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources
# merge in defaults
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
XMODMAP=`gdmwhich xmodmap`
if [ x$XMODMAP != x ] ; then
if [ x$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY = x ]; then
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
$XMODMAP $sysmodmap
fi
else
( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $XMODMAP -pke ) | $XMODMAP -
fi
#
# Switch Sun's Alt and Meta mod mappings
#
UNAME=`gdmwhich uname`
PROCESSOR=`$UNAME -p`
if [ x$PROCESSOR = xsparc ]; then
if $XMODMAP | /usr/bin/grep mod4 | /usr/bin/grep Alt > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
then
$XMODMAP -e "clear Mod1" \
-e "clear Mod4" \
-e "add Mod1 = Alt_L" \
-e "add Mod1 = Alt_R" \
-e "add Mod4 = Meta_L" \
-e "add Mod4 = Meta_R"
fi
fi
fi
SETXKBMAP=`gdmwhich setxkbmap`
if [ x$SETXKBMAP != x ] ; then
# FIXME: is this all right? Is this completely on crack?
# What this does is move the xkb configuration from the GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY
# FIXME: This should be done in code. Or there must be an easier way ...
if [ -n "$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY" ]; then
XKBSETUP=`( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $SETXKBMAP -v )`
if [ -n "$XKBSETUP" ]; then
XKBKEYMAP=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^keymap' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBTYPES=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^types' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBCOMPAT=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^compat' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBSYMBOLS=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^symbols' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBGEOMETRY=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^geometry' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
if [ -n "$XKBKEYMAP" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -keymap "$XKBKEYMAP"
elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" -a -n "$XKBGEOMETRY" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS" -geometry "$XKBGEOMETRY"
elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS"
elif [ -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS"
fi
fi
fi
fi
exit 0
Then I add these lines of code:
/usr/bin/x11vnc -localhost -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg
and add KillInitClients=false to /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
I can cold boot the system, connect via SSH with tunneling and connect to the login screen with my VNC client, login, and then be presented with the desktop. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Anyway, Now, with Inrepid I get the login screen, but x11vnc drop right after the login and appears to not be running.
Here is my gdm config
#!/bin/sh
# Stolen from the debian kdm setup, aren't I sneaky
# Plus a lot of fun stuff added
# -George
PATH=/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/X11R6/bin:$PATH
OLD_IFS=$IFS
/usr/bin/x11vnc -localhost -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg
KillInitClients=false
gdmwhich () {
COMMAND="$1"
OUTPUT=
IFS=:
for dir in $PATH
do
if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then
if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then
OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND"
fi
fi
done
IFS=$OLD_IFS
echo "$OUTPUT"
}
sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources
# merge in defaults
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
XMODMAP=`gdmwhich xmodmap`
if [ x$XMODMAP != x ] ; then
if [ x$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY = x ]; then
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
$XMODMAP $sysmodmap
fi
else
( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $XMODMAP -pke ) | $XMODMAP -
fi
#
# Switch Sun's Alt and Meta mod mappings
#
UNAME=`gdmwhich uname`
PROCESSOR=`$UNAME -p`
if [ x$PROCESSOR = xsparc ]; then
if $XMODMAP | /usr/bin/grep mod4 | /usr/bin/grep Alt > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
then
$XMODMAP -e "clear Mod1" \
-e "clear Mod4" \
-e "add Mod1 = Alt_L" \
-e "add Mod1 = Alt_R" \
-e "add Mod4 = Meta_L" \
-e "add Mod4 = Meta_R"
fi
fi
fi
SETXKBMAP=`gdmwhich setxkbmap`
if [ x$SETXKBMAP != x ] ; then
# FIXME: is this all right? Is this completely on crack?
# What this does is move the xkb configuration from the GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY
# FIXME: This should be done in code. Or there must be an easier way ...
if [ -n "$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY" ]; then
XKBSETUP=`( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $SETXKBMAP -v )`
if [ -n "$XKBSETUP" ]; then
XKBKEYMAP=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^keymap' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBTYPES=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^types' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBCOMPAT=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^compat' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBSYMBOLS=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^symbols' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBGEOMETRY=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^geometry' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
if [ -n "$XKBKEYMAP" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -keymap "$XKBKEYMAP"
elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" -a -n "$XKBGEOMETRY" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS" -geometry "$XKBGEOMETRY"
elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS"
elif [ -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS"
fi
fi
fi
fi
exit 0