[MacPorts] #70152: vnc @4.1.3 misleading description
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#70152: vnc @4.1.3 misleading description
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Reporter: ianroberts | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: vnc |
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Comment (by ianroberts):
`x0vncserver` is not a virtual X server, it's a tool that talks to another
X server in a tight polling loop and "echoes" what it sees to VNC clients.
It requires that you already have another X server running somewhere else
which is what your X windows applications display on.
(The background here is that there's an issue in the XQuartz X11 server
for Mac - https://github.com/XQuartz/XQuartz/issues/31 - whereby the
window backgrounds go completely black and unreadable when running on
Apple Silicon. I thought a workaround might be if I could get the typical
Linux-style `Xvnc` virtual X server running, then connect to that using
the built-in Mac VNC client, and the port description made it appear this
would be possible with MacPorts).
I'll see if I can come up with better wording for the portfile.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/70152#comment:2>
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