Possibly missing run dependencies with TightVNC's vncserver

Sat Jun 21 16:48:32 UTC 2008

On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 16:35 +1000, andrew clarke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just built net/tightvnc from the Ports tree on a headless machine
> running FreeBSD 6.3.  Prior to installing tightvnc, the machine had no
> xorg apps or xorg libraries installed.
> 
> My initial problem was that when I run vncserver, I got errors in
> $HOME/.vnc/$HOST:1.log telling me that the programs listed in
> $HOME/.vnc/xstartup are missing (xrdb, xsetroot, xterm and twm).  I've
> since installed all of those from Ports, but have encountered another
> hurdle:
> 
> Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/local/lib/X11/rgb'
> ...
> xsetroot:  unknown color "grey"
> twm:  invalid color name "black"
> twm:  invalid color name "white"
> 
> I've since learned that the x11/rgb port installs
> /usr/local/lib/X11/rgb.txt, but not /usr/local/lib/X11/rgb, but I
> guess I'm on the right track.  After doing a bit more Googling I'm
> beginning to think /etc/X11/xorg.conf is used to configure the xorg
> backend, which vncserver relies on, but I don't have an xorg.conf on
> that machine, presumably because some crucial parts of xorg are still
> missing - or I'm meant to configure xorg somehow before running
> vncserver.
> 
> I get the feeling that I'm doing this all backwards, and that I'm
> supposed to install more of xorg before I install net/tightvnc.
> Ideally the tightvnc port should've done that prior, though.
> 
> Anyway, maybe someone could give me some hints on what I should be
> doing in this particular situation.

Hi Andrew,

I have tightvnc running on a headless machine and see various errors,
too:

        Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/local/lib/X11/rgb'
        xrdb: not found
        xsetroot: not found

I ignore them, and tightvnc seems to run ok regardless, at least to the
extent where I can connect satisfactorily from other machines.

Here's what's installed (on a 6.3 system):

        # pkg_info -rx tightvnc
        Information for tightvnc-1.3.9_1:

        Depends on:
        Dependency: xineramaproto-1.1.2
        Dependency: xf86vidmodeproto-2.2.2
        Dependency: xf86miscproto-0.9.2
        Dependency: xf86dgaproto-2.0.3
        Dependency: xextproto-7.0.2
        Dependency: videoproto-2.2.2
        Dependency: scrnsaverproto-1.1.0
        Dependency: renderproto-0.9.3
        Dependency: recordproto-1.13.2
        Dependency: randrproto-1.2.1
        Dependency: printproto-1.0.3
        Dependency: kbproto-1.0.3
        Dependency: inputproto-1.4.2.1
        Dependency: fixesproto-4.0
        Dependency: damageproto-1.1.0_2
        Dependency: compositeproto-0.4
        Dependency: fontsproto-2.0.2
        Dependency: fontcacheproto-0.1.2
        Dependency: font-util-1.0.1
        Dependency: encodings-1.0.2,1
        Dependency: expat-2.0.0_1
        Dependency: perl-5.8.8
        Dependency: jpeg-6b_4
        Dependency: pkg-config-0.22_1
        Dependency: mkfontdir-1.0.3
        Dependency: pixman-0.9.6
        Dependency: xtrans-1.0.4
        Dependency: xproto-7.0.10_1
        Dependency: libfontenc-1.0.4
        Dependency: libXau-1.0.3_2
        Dependency: libXdmcp-1.0.2
        Dependency: libX11-1.1.3,1
        Dependency: libxkbfile-1.0.4
        Dependency: liboldX-1.0.1
        Dependency: libXrender-0.9.4
        Dependency: libXfixes-4.0.3
        Dependency: libXdamage-1.1.1
        Dependency: libXcursor-1.1.9
        Dependency: libXext-1.0.3,1
        Dependency: libdmx-1.0.2
        Dependency: libXxf86vm-1.0.1
        Dependency: libXxf86misc-1.0.1
        Dependency: libXxf86dga-1.0.2
        Dependency: libXv-1.0.3,1
        Dependency: libXvMC-1.0.4
        Dependency: libXtst-1.0.3
        Dependency: libXres-1.0.3_2
        Dependency: libXrandr-1.2.2
        Dependency: libXinerama-1.0.2,1
        Dependency: libXi-1.1.3,1
        Dependency: libXfontcache-1.0.4
        Dependency: libXevie-1.0.2
        Dependency: libXcomposite-0.4.0,1
        Dependency: libXp-1.0.0,1
        Dependency: libXScrnSaver-1.1.2
        Dependency: libICE-1.0.4,1
        Dependency: libSM-1.0.3,1
        Dependency: libXt-1.0.5
        Dependency: libxkbui-1.0.2
        Dependency: libXprintUtil-1.0.1
        Dependency: libXprintAppUtil-1.0.1
        Dependency: libXmu-1.0.3,1
        Dependency: xauth-1.0.2
        Dependency: libXpm-3.5.7
        Dependency: libXaw-1.0.4,1
        Dependency: trapproto-3.4.3
        Dependency: libXTrap-1.0.0
        Dependency: libFS-1.0.0
        Dependency: freetype2-2.3.5
        Dependency: mkfontscale-1.0.3
        Dependency: font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-sun-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-sony-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.1
        Dependency: font-schumacher-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-mutt-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-misc-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-micro-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-jis-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-isas-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-dec-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-daewoo-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-cursor-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.0
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.3
        Dependency: font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bh-75dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bh-100dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-arabic-misc-1.0.0
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.3
        Dependency: font-alias-1.0.1
        Dependency: font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.1
        Dependency: font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.1
        Dependency: font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.0
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.3
        Dependency: font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.0_1
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.3
        Dependency: libXfont-1.3.1_1,1
        Dependency: fontconfig-2.4.2_2,1
        Dependency: font-xfree86-type1-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-misc-meltho-1.0.0_1
        Dependency: font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-ibm-type1-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bitstream-type1-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bh-type1-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-bh-ttf-1.0.0
        Dependency: font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.1
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-type1-7.3
        Dependency: bitstream-vera-1.10_4
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-truetype-7.3
        Dependency: xorg-fonts-7.3
        Dependency: libXft-2.1.12
        Dependency: xorg-libraries-7.3_1

hth,

Wayne