[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Bug#855350: Bug#855350: tigervnc-xorg-extension: Loading the tigervnc the extension makes the x server practically unusable

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi

Do I understand correctly that you could connect without the sluggishness?

Do you have a working sample config that you can share?

/ Ola

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Den 23 apr 2017 04:46 skrev "John Tyner" <jtyner at gmail.com>:

> I thought I might be able to shed a little more light on this:
>
> I didn't realize that one could create xorg.conf fragments in the
> xorg.conf.d directory, so I started by running 'Xorg -configure' to
> generate a configuration file. I then modified that to load the vnc module.
> This ran fine--without the X server sluggishness--and I was eventually able
> to get the server to accept connections using Martin's advice in Message
> #10.
>
> Then I discovered the xorg.conf.d fragment directory. I removed my
> xorg.conf and loaded the vnc module from a configuration fragment in
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. I immediately began experiencing the server
> sluggishness, and my Xorg.0.log is spitting out a slew of messages:
>
> [<timestamp>]: (EE) modeset(0): failed to set mode: Permission denied
>
> every 5 seconds.
>
> I hope this information is of value to someone.
>
> John
>
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:16:10 +0100 Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > tags 855350 + help
> > thanks
> >
> > Hi Kertesz and Martin
> >
> > Thank you for the report and information regarding options.
> >
> > The performance issue is definitely a problem. I do not have a solution
> at
> > the moment.
> >
> > I have a little problem testing this myself at the moment as only have
> sid
> > in a chroot and X will not really start for me there.
> >
> > So if anyone have the possibility to look into this and provide a patch
> > that would be excellent!
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > // Ola
> >
> >
> >
> > On 18 February 2017 at 08:12, Martin Dorey wrote:
> >
> > > > i could not find a way to actually pass options
> > >
> > > I eventually managed to get a default configured Stretch box to accept
> a
> > > remote connection using:
> > >
> > > mad at shuttle:~$ cat /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/75-vnc-mad.conf
> > > Section "Device"
> > > Identifier "Device"
> > > EndSection
> > > Section "Screen"
> > > Identifier "Screen"
> > > Device "Device"
> > > Option "PasswordFile" "/u2/home/mad/.vnc/passwd"
> > > EndSection
> > > mad at shuttle:~$
> > >
> > > It seems, from the source, that the PasswordFile Option is only looked
> for
> > > in the Screen section and the Screen section has to have an Identifier
> and
> > > a Device, which has to refer to a Device section, which needs an
> > > Identifier. Argh, but, OK, whatever. Then I have other problems, both
> > > keeping the connection up and with redraw, but I fear that elaborating
> them
> > > here would be a hijack of the OP's bug, the main symptom of which - a
> > > horrible-sounding performance issue - I don't see with Gnome 3.
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > --------------------- Ola Lundqvist ---------------------------
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>
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