x11vnc without X

[James Bensley]

I always thaught that vnc created a new X session or attached to an
existing one (this is the only way I have ever used it) so I don't see
how this could work?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it can't be done, but I don't
think it can.

On 7/24/10, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com> wrote:
> Two things...
>
> 1 - I thought X had to be running before you ran x11vnc.
> 2 - What is the end result that you are trying to accomplish?
>
> -Jared
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Tim Henderson <bizdev at pwnspeak.com> wrote:
>> I have a workstation setup in a remote location.  I have it set to a
>> runlevel which does not start X or gdm (customization).  Keep in mind
>> this is not single user, this is multi-user.
>>
>> I am trying to vnc into the workstation while it is in non-X multi-user
>> mode, however the connection keep getting dropped.  The x11vncserver
>> command I am using is below:
>>
>> /usr/bin/x11vnc -usepw -display :0 -create
>> (and other variants, this is basic)
>>
>> However when a connection comes in the errors are as follows:
>>
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 Got connection from client IP
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28   other clients:
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 incr accepted_client=1 for IP:60302  sock=4
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 wait_for_client: got client
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 client progressed=0 in 15/10 0.009926 s
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 client_set_net: 216.92.130.16  0.0028
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 wait_for_client: running: env X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY=''
>>  /bin/sh /tmp/x11vnc-find_display.MxfLUl
>> xauth:  creating new authority file /home/USER/.Xauthority
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 wait_for_client: find display cmd failed.
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 wait_for_client: FINDCREATEDISPLAY cmd: /bin/sh
>> /tmp/x11vnc-find_display.MxfLUl Xvfb
>> trying N=20 ...
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 wait_for_client: read failed: /bin/sh
>> /tmp/x11vnc-find_display.MxfLUl Xvfb
>> 24/07/2010 16:35:28 fgets: Bad file descriptor
>>
>> (snipped out username and IP)
>>
>> Then the server stops and a connection is never "really" made.  Any
>> ideas on how to set this up, to start X only during x11vnc sessions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim H.
>>
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