Re: PS: vncserver

[Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 02:10:09PM +0200, Stef Hoesli Wiederwald wrote:
> > When i start vncserver, and then xvncviewer or vncwiever from Windows
> > NT, the keyboard ist totaly mismatched: a seems to be <TAB>, c and d
> > result in a q, <LEFT ALT> in a 2 and so on...
> 
> I now installed vnc-3.3.2r2 'by hand' into /usr/local/bin. The
> vncserver runs now without that keymaping problem. Instead there is
> now a small problem (I think it is perl moening):
> 
> sos:~> vncserver 
> Using Socket.pm instead.  Change your script to 'use Socket;' instead of require "sys/socket.ph".
>         require sys/socket.ph called at (eval 1) line 1
>         eval 'require "sys/socket.ph"
> ;' called at /usr/local/bin/vncserver line 520
>         main::SanityCheck() called at /usr/local/bin/vncserver line 29
> 
> New 'X' desktop is sos:1
> 
> Then, when I want to start the vncviewer that comes with the
> vnc-3.3.2r2 distribution, I just get a Segmentation fault.
> Installing xvncviewer from the Debian package instead solved this problem...

Oh well, seems that there are some problems laying in front of me (I'm the
vnc Debian maintainer).

Your keyboard problems may be the result of a custom keymapping (you don't
use american keymaps, do you?). I'll try to package the second release asap.

Sorry that I can't be of more help currently,
Marcus

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