[FC2] VNC-4.0-beta, Xorg-X11 and remote :0

[Tim Waugh]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 06:52:33PM +1000, Steffen Kluge wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 18:41, Tim Waugh wrote:
> > The module itself works, yes, but unfortunately Xvnc is still based on
> > XFree86.  I couldn't get the vncExt hook to get called in an
> > xorg-x11-based Xvnc.
> 
> Is this a problem (other than cosmetic)? As long as it works... :)

It's not an immediate problem, no.

> Are XFree86 and Xorg-X11 substantially different? The FC2 release notes
> gave me the impression that Xorg-X11 took over from XFree86 at about
> version 4.4.0-rc2, more or less. I was assuming the majority of the code
> base would be the same...

It's a case of 4.3.0 vs 4.4.0 I think.  The VNC package is built
against XFree86-4.3.0-19.

> Btw, where can one read more about the politics (if any) of XFree86 vs
> Xorg? Both homepages don't seem to talk much about it.

Not sure.

Tim.
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