XF4VNC - vncviewer exits after app closes.

John Tillman jtillman "at" LIO.AACISD.com
Wed Sep 7 23:20:01 2005


Alan Hourihane wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 17:08 -0400, John Tillman wrote:
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>>A quick question with hopefully a quick answer.
>>
>>My vncviewer closes after all display connections close.
>>
>>On Redhat 9.0 using Xvnc version XF4VNC-4.4.0.0 and
>>the vncviewer that came with it.  I start the server :
>>    Xvnc :# -geometry NxM -ac -cc 3 &
>>(These arguments are historically used to start our apps.)
>>Start the viewer :
>>    vncviewer :# &
>>Start any X App :
>>    xterm -display :# &
>>(these commands are all being run on the same machine)
>>
>>If I logout from the xterm it closes and the vncviewer closes
>>as well. 
>>
>>So how can I get the vncviewer to remain open?
>>    
>>
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>Start Xvnc like this...
>
>Xvnc :# -geometry NxM -ac -cc 3 -noreset &
>
>Alan.
>
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Bingo!   Thanks, Alan.  That solved my problem.

I didn't, and still don't, see that option listed under
the --help in Xvnc.  Maybe it should be added?

Cheers!

John