VNC patch for Xserver 1.3

[Stefan Dirsch]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 09:18:12AM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 10:08 +0200, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 11:11:14AM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 10:57 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > > > Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 10:19 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > > > >> Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > > >>> It contains a full copy of the xserver tree because it needs to build
> > > > >>> Xvnc. It contains a pre-1.3 copy of the xserver tree though. But it
> > > > >>> wasn't that far behind.
> > > > >> So really, when you say it compiles fine "against" 1.3, you really mean,
> > > > >> it will compile fine and run with 1.3?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Both. I'm just about to merge the 1.3 stable code into xf4vnc anyway.
> > > > 
> > > > Oh great :) So I should be able to generate a patch for Xserver 1.3
> > > > after you've finished that merge? A few strategically placed -j options
> > > > to cvs diff should suffice if I remember my CVS syntax :)
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for that :D
> > > 
> > > Actually, I've decided to pull in the current trunk for now. Given that
> > > 1.4 is just around the corner.
> > 
> > I just gave the current CVS (2007-08-21) a try. Looks like the
> > standalone Xvnc Xserver works for me (didn't test test this much), but
> > the vnc module does not.
> > 
> > (II) LoadModule: "vnc"
> > (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libvnc.so
> > dlopen: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libvnc.so: undefined symbol: GetMotionHistory
> > (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libvnc.so
> > (II) UnloadModule: "vnc"
> > (EE) Failed to load module "vnc" (loader failed, 7)
> 
> Fixed.

Thanks! I'll give it a try ASAP and give you feedback.

> > I'm using xorg-server 1.3.0.0. I'm wondering whether xf4vnc uses any
> > new pre 1.4 features? The dependancy for libpixman is new as well.
> 
> Any dependencies should carry forward with Xvnc too. So pixman is one of
> them.

Yes, it's required by Xvnc.

Best regards,
Stefan

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