Running X on localhost using VNC

[Grant McDorman]

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According to Pawe? Kot:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Jonathan Morton wrote:
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> > >> I know that. I'd like to know if I can run Xvnc in that way it handl=
es a
> > >> local display without connecting with vncviewer
> > >
> > >TO be more specific: this could be Xserver which can handle
> > >connections from vnc clients but can work standalone as well. I'd like=
 to
> > >do it without running another session on the localhost
> >=20
> > Ahhh.  For that you need the version of Xvnc which still has the
> > hardware-specific code in it (the standard version had been stripped of
> > such code).  I can't remember who provided one of these, but I'm sure h=
e'll
> > pop his head up.
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> OK. Thanks for the info.
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> > In the meantime, you could run a hardware X server
> > running only vncviewer, as I suggested.
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> Yes. I know. I do it. But have this awful problem with the keyboard. I
> succeded with writing test: kg[Page Up]k  ;-)
> Did anyone had similiar problems?=20

If you are changing your keymap (via 'xmodmap') to have more than two
keysyms per key, the keyboard becomes gibberish, just as you describe. I
have provided a patch to people one or two times; check the archives. (I do
not know why it is not incorporated into the mainline.)

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Grant McDorman <grant.mcdorman "at" cedara.com>, Senior Software Developer
Cedara Software Corp.  <URL:http://www.cedara.com>
  (formerly I.S.G. Technologies Inc.)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada


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