[Bug 272618] Re: tightvncserver crashes when using tightvnc-java

[Jeffrey Schwab]

The work-around I've found is to serve the RealVNC applet; whatever is
causing the tightvnc server to crash is apparently specific to tightvnc-
java.  Unfortunately, there still seems to be some problem with multiple
RealVNC viewer connections:  When a second RealVNC client connects, the
first client's viewer window immediately disappears.  Fortunately,
clients of different types, e.g. tightvnc vncviewer and a RealVNC
applet-based client, can co-exist peacefully.

In case you only need to support a single web-based client (plus your
local, native client), the following works for me.

1) Launch a simple web server, to serve the VNC viewer applet; e.g., to
use lighttpd on Ubuntu:

    sudo aptitude install lighttpd

2) Download and unpack the free RealVNC viewer.  It's GPL, but the
download site wants your email address.

    http://www.realvnc.com/products/download.html

3) Find the applet in the RealVNC download.  For example:

    find vnc-4_1_3-unixsrc -name vncviewer.jar

4) Copy the applet, RealVNC logo, and index file to the web server's
static content directory.  The index file is HTML, but has a .vnc
extension; to make sure browsers recognize it as HTML, change the
extension.  Be careful not to overwrite any existing files in the
content directory!

    sudo cp vnc-4_1_3-unixsrc/common/javabin/* /var/www
    cd /var/www
    sudo mv index.vnc index.html

5) Start the vncserver.

    vncserver

6) Test by going to http://localhost/ in your favorite web browser.
Don't forget that when you send people instructions for connecting,
they'll need to enter the full IP address in both the URL, and the X
server location.  If they enter 2xx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the location bar,
they'll need to enter 2xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1 when prompted for the X server
location.

Good luck.

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