[arch-general] Help with tigervnc problem - may be a package update required?

[Federico Cinelli]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:23:34 +0000
Mike Cloaked <mike.cloaked at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Mike Cloaked <mike.cloaked at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > I have for a long time been using tigervnc until a few months ago and
> > loading the vnc module via xorg.conf with two relevant sections:
> >
> > Section "Module"
> >          Load  "vnc"
> > EndSection
> >
> > and
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >         Identifier "Screen0"
> >         Device     "Videocard0"
> >         DefaultDepth     24
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Viewport   0 0
> >                 Depth     24
> >                 Option      "passwordFile" "/opt/Local/etc/vnc/passwd"
> >         EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > However this results in Xorg.0.log as:
> >
> > [     8.219] (II) LoadModule: "vnc"
> > [     8.233] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libvnc.so
> > [     8.375] (II) Module vnc: vendor="Constantin Kaplinsky"
> > [     8.375]    compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 1.0.0
> > [     8.375]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> > [     8.375]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
> > [     8.375] (EE) module ABI major version (6) doesn't match the server's
> > version (7)
> > [     8.375] (II) UnloadModule: "vnc"
> > [     8.375] (II) Unloading vnc
> > [     8.377] (EE) Failed to load module "vnc" (module requirement
> > mismatch, 0)
> >
> > Does this mean that tigervnc is out of date and needs fixing or is it s
> > problem with X?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >
> > --
> > mike c
> >
> 
> I have reported this at: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33481
> 
> -- 
> mike c

I found this thread that has some good information about your issue.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-919178-start-0.html

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Federico Cinelli <cinelli.federico at gmail.com>
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