Comments on: Headless X setup with Debian(Lenny)

By: Karl Runge

Karl Runge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:20:30 +0000

I think this will do it:

x11vnc -create -env FD_PROG=/full/path/to/blackbox

The session will be created the first time the viewer connects. Report back how it goes if you try it.

By: janmejay

janmejay — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:55:59 +0000

Ya, looking at the link you posted i think that xmodmap snippet should fix it.
I will explore x11vnc -create(if it can start blackbox as well, that will make things much simpler).
And you are right about the vncserver thing, it does start X and bring up blackbox too).
So, `vncserver -depth -geometry x` is actually enough to bring up the whole thing.
Thanks for the comment, im sure this will help people.

By: Karl Runge

Karl Runge — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:23:55 +0000

Doesn’t this start up two virtual X servers? I.e. both Xvfb and Xvnc (the latter started by ‘vncserver’)

You may be able to solve the key modifiers problem with the xmodmap settings described here:

http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-xvfb

Note that the x11vnc -create option that starts up Xvfb can probably also be made to start up blackbox as the wm. Ask if you are interested. The -create option does the xmodmap for the missing modifiers as well.